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A small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants
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canaliculus
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WordNet
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n. a small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants [also: canaliculi (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) Any of many small canals or ducts in the body, such as in the bone, or in some plants
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In anatomy, a canaliculus is a small passageway. Examples include: Two functionally different structures in bone: Canaliculus (bone) , a small channel found in ossified bone for nutrition A small canal (anatomy) in bone which carries some structure (such ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Canaliculus \Can`a*lic"u*lus\, n.; pl. Canaliculi . [L.] (Anat.) A minute canal.
Usage examples of canaliculus.
Lymph from these vessels is conveyed to the cells through the canaliculi that connect with the Haversian canals.
Klein examined some of the small lamellae, into which part of the skull of a cat became broken up after about a week's immersion in the fluid, and he found that towards the edges the "matrix appeared rarefied, thus producing the appearance as if the canaliculi of the bonecorpuscles had become larger.