meatus

n. 口, 道 [医] 道, 口

发音

US /miˈeɪ.təs/
UK /miˈeɪ.təs/
US /miˈeɪˌtus/

词形变化

meatuses 复数 meatuses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tubular opening or passage leading to the interior of the body.

    道

    口

    医学

    The urinary meatus is the opening of the urethra, situated on the glans penis in males, and in the vulva in females.

  2. 2.

    Ellipsis of acoustic meatus, the passage leading into the ear.

    医学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

passage passageway

下位词 5

acoustic meatus auditory canal auditory meatus ear canal external auditory canal

相关短语

urinary meatus acoustic meatus [医]听道 external auditory meatus urethral meatus internal acoustic meatus internal auditory meatus auditory meatus 听道 external acoustic meatus

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin meātus (“a going, passing; a way, path, passage”).

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