ˌkan ə lˈikyələs noun
( plural canaliculi -ˌlī, -ē)
Etymology: Latin, diminutive of canalis channel — more at canal
: a minute canal in a bodily structure: as
a. : one of the hairlike channels ramifying an haversian system in bone and linking the lacunae with one another and with the haversian canal
b. : one of the narrow spaces between cells in the cell cords that make up a liver lobule