Defenition of the word hilum
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Defenition of the word hilum
- the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle
- (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter an organ: "the hilum of the kidney"; "hilum of the lung"
- (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney"
- (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ
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