| NOUN | body | hilus, hilum | (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ |
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| Meaning | (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ. | |
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| Example | "the hilus of the kidney" | |
| Synonym | hilum | |
| Category | anatomy, general anatomy | The branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals |
| Broader | fissure | (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes |
| Spanish | hilio | |
| Catalan | hil | |
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