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hilus

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hilus [ˈhaɪləs]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) a rare word for hilum [2]
[via New Latin from Latin: a trifle]
hilar  adj
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Noun1.hilus - (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"
hilum
fissure - (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes
anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals


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With the patient in the sitting position (figure 2), an area 2 cm behind the anterior border of the latissimus dorsi muscle and 4 cm inferior to the tip of the scapula is marked in an attempt to locate the hilus of the vessel.
Advantages of perforator flaps in reconstruction of complex defects ... by Metzinger, Stephen Eric / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Damage to the liver included single or multiple lesions in one or more segments of one or both liver lobes, the hilus region, the intrahepatic portal vein, hepatic vein, or bile duct.
European echinococcosis registry: human alveolar echinococcosis, ... by Kern, Peter / Emerging Infectious Diseases
We noticed [Alzheimer's-]related neuronal loss in two subdivisions that normally lose neurons with age, the hilus and the subiculum, but also noticed neuronal loss in CA1, a region in which there is no evidence of normal age-related loss," they report.
Alzheimer's causes unique cell death by Adler, Tina / Science News
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