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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ;
- Example: "the hilus of the kidney"
[syn: hilus, hilum]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hilus \Hi"lus\, n. [NL.] (Anat.)
   Same as Hilum, 2.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hilus
    n 1: (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves
         or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"
         [syn: hilus, hilum]