Definition of meatus in English:

meatus

nounPlural meatuses mɪˈeɪtəsmiˈeɪdəs

Anatomy

1A passage or opening leading to the interior of the body.
the urethral meatus
1. 1.1 The passage leading into the ear.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The external auditory meatus runs as a bony tube to the side of the tympanohyal we cannot see on the left-hand picture.
  The apocrine sweat glands are confined to the axillae, areolae of the nipples, the anogenital area, and the external auditory meatus.
  This includes the pinna on the side of the head and the external auditory meatus, or ear canal, which terminates at the eardrum.
  The glands that produce ear ‘wax’ or cerumen are located in the external auditory meatus.
  These may extend to the nasopharynx and they commonly terminate in the area of the external auditory meatus.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin, 'passage' from meare 'to flow, run'.

Definition of meatus in US English:

meatus

nounmēˈādəsmiˈeɪdəs

Anatomy

1A passage or opening leading to the interior of the body.
the urethral meatus
1. 1.1 The passage leading into the ear.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The glands that produce ear ‘wax’ or cerumen are located in the external auditory meatus.
  These may extend to the nasopharynx and they commonly terminate in the area of the external auditory meatus.
  This includes the pinna on the side of the head and the external auditory meatus, or ear canal, which terminates at the eardrum.
  The external auditory meatus runs as a bony tube to the side of the tympanohyal we cannot see on the left-hand picture.
  The apocrine sweat glands are confined to the axillae, areolae of the nipples, the anogenital area, and the external auditory meatus.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin, ‘passage’ from meare ‘to flow, run’.

单词	meatus
释义	Definition of meatus in English: meatus nounPlural meatuses mɪˈeɪtəsmiˈeɪdəs Anatomy 1A passage or opening leading to the interior of the body. the urethral meatus 1.1 The passage leading into the ear. Example sentencesExamples The external auditory meatus runs as a bony tube to the side of the tympanohyal we cannot see on the left-hand picture. The apocrine sweat glands are confined to the axillae, areolae of the nipples, the anogenital area, and the external auditory meatus. This includes the pinna on the side of the head and the external auditory meatus, or ear canal, which terminates at the eardrum. The glands that produce ear ‘wax’ or cerumen are located in the external auditory meatus. These may extend to the nasopharynx and they commonly terminate in the area of the external auditory meatus. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin, 'passage' from meare 'to flow, run'. Definition of meatus in US English: meatus nounmēˈādəsmiˈeɪdəs Anatomy 1A passage or opening leading to the interior of the body. the urethral meatus 1.1 The passage leading into the ear. Example sentencesExamples The glands that produce ear ‘wax’ or cerumen are located in the external auditory meatus. These may extend to the nasopharynx and they commonly terminate in the area of the external auditory meatus. This includes the pinna on the side of the head and the external auditory meatus, or ear canal, which terminates at the eardrum. The external auditory meatus runs as a bony tube to the side of the tympanohyal we cannot see on the left-hand picture. The apocrine sweat glands are confined to the axillae, areolae of the nipples, the anogenital area, and the external auditory meatus. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin, ‘passage’ from meare ‘to flow, run’.
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