hilus

Noun
Synonyms: hilum

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)hili

  1. (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ“the hilus of the kidney”Synonyms: hilumType of fissure

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Hi′lus noun

Origin: NL.

Anatomy Same as Hilum, 2.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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