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noun
A tubular opening or passage leading to the interior of the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Ellipsis of acoustic meatus, the passage leading into the ear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: ear canal
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a natural body passageway
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: passage, passageway
Narrower terms: auditory meatus, acoustic meatus, ear canal, auditory canal, external auditory canal, nasal meatus
History
Learned borrowing from Latin meātus (“a going, passing; a way, path, passage”).
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
