Duct - Definition

duct

n 1: 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" [syn:
duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel]
2: a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking
intervening end walls
3: an enclosed conduit for a fluid

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