Duct (Noun)
Meaning 1
A bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs".
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Tear Duct
- Alimentary Tract
- GI Tract
- Sylvian Aqueduct
- Ductus Deferens
- Digestive Tube
- Gastrointestinal Tract
- Canalis Vertebralis
- Ductulus
- Schlemm's Canal
- Canalis Cervicis Uteri
- Vertebral Canal
- Sinus Venosus Sclerae
- Umbilical
- Lachrymal Duct
- Canalis Inguinalis
- Bile Duct
- Aqueductus Cerebri
- Digestive Tract
- Sinus
- Lymphatic Vessel
Meaning 3
A continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.