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noun
Any of many small canals or ducts in the body, such as in the bone, or in some plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: canalicule
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel
History
From Latin canāliculus (“small channel, pipe or gutter”), diminutive of canālis (“channel; pipe, gutter”), from canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).
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