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■ noun ( plural ~a -njʊə ) Anatomy
1》 a horn-shaped projection of the thyroid cartilage or of certain bones.
2》 either of the two lateral cavities of the womb, into which the Fallopian tubes pass.
3》 each of three elongated parts of the lateral ventricles of the brain.
Derivatives
~al adjective
Origin
C17: from L., 'horn'.