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duct

UK/dʌkt/ US/ˈdʌkt/ fairly common

noun

1.

a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance

  • “the tear duct was obstructed”
  • “the alimentary canal”
  • “poison is released through a channel in the snake”
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2.

a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls

3.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin ductus (“leading, conducting”, noun), from dūcō (“to lead, conduct, draw”) + -tus (action noun suffix). Doublet of ductus and douit. Also via Medieval Latin ductus (“a conveyance of water; a channel”), which itself has the first mentioned etymology.

Phrases

  • bypass duct
  • common bile duct
  • duct detector
  • duct engine
  • duct flute
  • duct tape
  • Gaertner's duct
  • Gartner's duct

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