canaliculus

canaliculus
canalicular, canaliculate /kan'l ik"yeuh lit, -yeuh layt'/, canaliculated, adj.canaliculation /kan'l ik'yeuh lay"sheuhn/, n.
/kan'l ik"yeuh leuhs/, n., pl. canaliculi /-luy'/. Anat., Zool.
a small canal or tubular passage, as in bone.
[1555-65; < L, equiv. to canali(s) CANAL + -culus -CULE1]

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