Term: hilus: (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ
Broader: fissure: (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes | Unrelated: lather: the foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)
Broader: fissure: (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes | Unrelated: misstatement: a statement that contains a mistake
Broader: fissure: (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes | Unrelated: historicism: a theory that social and cultural events are determined by history
Broader: fissure: (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes | Unrelated: contact: a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
Broader: fissure: (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes | Unrelated: capacitor: an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
Broader: fissure: (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes | Unrelated: khalsa: the group of initiated Sikhs to which devout orthodox Sikhs are ritually admitted at puberty; founded by the tenth and last Guru in 1699
Broader: fissure: (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes | Unrelated: flypaper: paper that is poisoned or coated with a sticky substance to kill flies
Broader: fissure: (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes | Unrelated: calisaya: Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark
Broader: fissure: (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes | Unrelated: saprolite: a deposit of clay and disintegrating rock that is found in its original place
Broader: fissure: (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes | Unrelated: pyrolusite: a mineral consisting of manganese dioxide; an important source of manganese