Meaning of MEATUS
| Pronunciation: | | mee'eytus
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| | Definition: | | [n] a natural body passageway |
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| | See Also: | | acoustic meatus, auditory canal, auditory meatus, ear canal, external auditory canal, nasal meatus, passage, passageway | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Me*a"tus\, n. sing. & pl.; E. pl. {Meatuses}. [L., a
going, passage, fr. meare to go.] (Anat.)
A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus.
See Illust. of {Ear}.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | The outer opening of a passageway of the body. |
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