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hilus

(ˈhaɪləs)

(Anatomy) a rare word for hilum²

[C19: via New Latin from Latin: a trifle]

ˈhilar adj

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Noun

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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Resting and reactive nodes have a hypoechoic hilus and a hyperechoic cortex.

Both resting and reactive nodes tend to have a centralized vascular pattern in the hilus. With tumor infiltration you start to see an asymmetrical vascularization as the nodes are replaced by tumor.

Ultrasound has advantages for high-grade SCC surveillance

"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.