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meatus

DEFINITIONS OF: meatus

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n a natural body passageway

Types:
acoustic meatus, auditory canal, auditory meatus, ear canal, external auditory canal
either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane
nasal meatus
the passages in the nasal cavity formed by the projections of the nasal conchae
Type of:
passage, passageway
a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass
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