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ostium

/os-tee-uhm/US // ˈɒs ti əm //UK // (ˈɒstɪəm) //

支骨架,脑骨,骨膜,支骨膜

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural os·ti·a [os-tee-uh]. /ˈɒs ti ə/.

    • : Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or orifice, as at the end of the oviduct.
    • : Zoology. one of the tiny holes in the body of a sponge.

Examples

  • This will bring the anterior wall of the sinus with its ostium into view.

  • Aurelius had gone out into the ostium, which was still being shaken with the blows at the door.

  • In acute cases of salpingitis the cœlomic ostium is open and the infective material can be seen leaking from it (Fig. 3).

  • The really favouring factor in the case is the condition of the cœlomic ostium of the tube.

  • The contents of the cavity generally make their way through the natural ostium, before any of the bony walls give way.