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meatus

Syllabification: (me·a·tus)
Pronunciation: /mēˈātəs/
Definition of meatus

noun (plural same or meatuses)

Anatomy
  • a passage or opening leading to the interior of the body:the urethral meatus
  • (also external auditory meatus) the passage leading into the ear.

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin, 'passage', from meare 'to flow, run'

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