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HILUM (hila)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hilum mean?
• HILUM (noun)
The noun HILUM has 2 senses:
1. (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ
2. the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle
Familiarity information: HILUM used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
hilum; hilus
Context example:
the hilus of the kidney
Hypernyms ("hilum" is a kind of...):
fissure ((anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes)
Domain category:
anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)
Derivation:
hilar (of or relating to or located near a hilum)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("hilum" is a kind of...):
point (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location)
Derivation:
hilar (of or relating to or located near a hilum)
Context examples
A lymph node located in the area around the hilum.
(Perihilar Lymph Node, NCI Thesaurus)
A lung carcinoma arising from the hilum of the lung.
(Lung Hilum Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The area associated with the hilum of the right lung.
(Hilar Area of the Right Lung, NCI Thesaurus)
The area associated with the hilum of the left lung.
(Hilar Area of the Left Lung, NCI Thesaurus)
Refers to the area associated with the hilum.
(Hilar, NCI Thesaurus)
The segment of the right hepatic duct located in the hilum of the liver.
(Hilar Portion of the Right Hepatic Duct, NCI Thesaurus)
The segment of either hepatic duct located in the hilum of the liver.
(Hilar Portion of the Hepatic Duct, NCI Thesaurus)
The segment of the left hepatic duct located in the hilum of the liver.
(Hilar Portion of the Left Hepatic Duct, NCI Thesaurus)
The portion of the greater omentum between the greater curvature of the stomach and the hilum of the spleen.
(Gastrosplenic Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)
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