duct
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
the tear duct was obstructed
Types & categories
- passageway
- pore
- spinal canal
- ductule
- canaliculus
- canal of Schlemm
- venous sinus
- lacrimal duct
- nasolacrimal duct
- Haversian canal
- hepatic duct
- inguinal canal
- common bile duct
- pancreatic duct
- lymph vessel
- salivary duct
- cerebral aqueduct
- ureter
- urethra
- cervical canal
- umbilical cord
- vagina
- epididymis
- vas deferens
- seminal duct
- ejaculatory duct
- cartilaginous tube
- bronchiole
- alimentary canal
- lactiferous duct
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
Sense 3 noun
an enclosed conduit for a fluid
Types & categories
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | channel |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | channel |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | ampulla |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | passageway |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pore |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spinal canal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ductule |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | canaliculus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | canal of Schlemm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | venous sinus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lacrimal duct |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nasolacrimal duct |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Haversian canal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hepatic duct |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | inguinal canal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | common bile duct |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pancreatic duct |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lymph vessel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | salivary duct |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cerebral aqueduct |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ureter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | urethra |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cervical canal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | umbilical cord |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vagina |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | epididymis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vas deferens |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | seminal duct |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ejaculatory duct |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cartilaginous tube |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bronchiole |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | alimentary canal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lactiferous duct |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | vascular plant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | plant part |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | laticifer |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | conduit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | air-intake |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | airway |