hilus

from 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}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

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