duct

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
    

Duct \Duct\ (d[u^]kt), n. [L. ductus a leading, conducting,
   conduit, fr. ducere, ductum, to lead. See {Duke}, and cf.
   {Douche}.]
   1. Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is
      conducted or conveyed.
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   2. (Anat.) One of the vessels of an animal body by which the
      products of glandular secretion are conveyed to their
      destination.
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   3. (Bot.) A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic,
      usually found associated with woody fiber.
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   Note: Ducts are classified, according to the character of the
         surface of their walls, or their structure, as annular,
         spiral, scalariform, etc.
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   4. Guidance; direction. [Obs.] --Hammond.
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36 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, way