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Meatus

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In anatomy, a meatus (/mˈtəs/, mee-AY-təs,[1] pl.: meatus or meatuses)[2] is a natural body opening or canal.

Meatus may refer to:

(The plural forms of "meatus" are: meatus, as a Latin form (of the fourth declension noun class, which the word belongs to); or meatuses, as a normally derived English plural; or often, and incorrectly, meati, by false analogy with the very common Latin -us/-i forms (such as alumnus/alumni), i.e., the second declension noun class.)

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  1. ^ OED 2nd edition, 1989, as /miːˈeɪtəs/.
  2. ^ Entry "meatus" in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.