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hilus

hi·lus

UK/ˈhaɪ.ləs/ uncommon

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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Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin hīlus.

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