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Canaliculi
Canaliculus \Can`a*lic"u*lus\, n.; pl. Canaliculi. [L.] (Anat.) A minute canal.
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canaliculi
n. (en-irregular plural of: canaliculus)
WordNet
canaliculi
See canaliculus
canaliculus
n. a small canal or duct as in some bones and parts of plants
[also: canaliculi (pl)]
Usage examples of "canaliculi".
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.