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duct
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun duct has 3 senses
- duct(n = noun.body) canal, channel, epithelial duct - a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs" has particulars: pore, canalis vertebralis, spinal canal, vertebral canal, ductule, ductulus, canaliculus, canal of schlemm, schlemm's canal, sinus venosus sclerae, sinus, venous sinus, lachrymal duct, lacrimal duct, tear duct, nasolacrimal duct, haversian canal, hepatic duct, canalis inguinalis, inguinal canal, bile duct, common bile duct, pancreatic duct, lymph vessel, lymphatic vessel, salivary duct, aqueductus cerebri, cerebral aqueduct, sylvian aqueduct, ureter, urethra, canalis cervicis uteri, cervical canal, umbilical, umbilical cord, vagina, epididymis, ductus deferens, vas deferens, seminal duct, ejaculatory duct, cartilaginous tube, bronchiole, alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract, gi tract, lactiferous duct
- duct(n = noun.plant) Array - a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls; Array is a part of tracheophyte, vascular plant
- duct(n = noun.artifact) Array - an enclosed conduit for a fluid; Array has particulars: air-intake, air duct, air passage, airway
is a kind of passage, passageway
has parts: ampulla
is a kind of plant part, plant structure
has particulars: laticifer
is a kind of conduit
OXFORD DICTIONARY
duct, n. & v.
--n.
1 a channel or tube for conveying fluid, cable, etc.
2 a a tube in the body conveying secretions such as tears etc. b Bot. a tube formed by cells that have lost their intervening end walls, holding air, water, etc.
--v.tr. convey through a duct.
--n.
1 a channel or tube for conveying fluid, cable, etc.
2 a a tube in the body conveying secretions such as tears etc. b Bot. a tube formed by cells that have lost their intervening end walls, holding air, water, etc.
--v.tr. convey through a duct.
Etymology
L ductus leading, aqueduct f. ducere duct- lead
THESAURUS
duct
Eustachian tube, Fallopian tube, adit, aqueduct, canal, channel, conduit, course, ditch, egress, emunctory, entrance, exit, fistula, ingress, intestines, meatus, ostium, oviduct, passage, passageway, pore, salpinx, thoracic duct, trench, trough, troughing, troughway, tunnel, ureter, urethra, vagina, vas, vessel, watercourse, wayROGET THESAURUS
duct
Conduit
N conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race, head race, tail race, abito, aboideau, aboiteau, bito, acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre, arroyo, adit, aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile, flume, ingate, runner, lock-weir, tedge, vena, dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon, piscina, pipe, funnel, tunnel, water pipe, waste pipe, emunctory, gully hole, artery, aorta, pore, spout, scupper, adjutage, ajutage, hose, gargoyle, gurgoyle, penstock, weir, flood gate, water gate, sluice, lock, valve, rose, waterworks, pipeline, vascular.
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