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hilum

hi·lum

UK/ˈhaɪ.ləm/ fairly common

noun

1.

(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ

  • “the hilus of the kidney”
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2.

the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin hīlum (“a trifle; a spot on a seed”).

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