meatus

meatus
meatal, adj.
/mee ay"teuhs/, n., pl. meatuses, meatus. Anat.
an opening or foramen, esp. in a bone or bony structure, as the opening of the ear or nose.
[1655-65; < L meatus course, channel, equiv. to mea(re) to go, extend, have a course + -tus suffix of v. action]

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