canaliculate

canaliculate
canaliculate [kan΄ə lik′yo͞olərkan΄ə lik′yo͞o lit, kan΄ə lik′yo͞olāt΄]
adj.
L canaliculatus: see CANALICULUS
Biol. having a groove or grooves: also canaliculated [kan΄ə lik′yo͞olāt΄id] or canalicular [kan΄ə lik′yo͞olər]

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can·a·lic·u·late (kăn'ə-lĭkʹyə-lĭt, -lāt') adj.
Having one or more longitudinal grooves or channels.
  [Latin canāliculātus, from canāliculus, diminutive of canālis, channel. See canal.]

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