OSTIUM


Meaning of OSTIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈäs-tē-əm ]

noun

( plural os·tia -tē-ə)

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, door, mouth of a river; akin to Latin os mouth — more at oral

Date: 1828

: a mouthlike opening in a bodily part (as a fallopian tube or a blood vessel)

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