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duct

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duct in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
    "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"
    duct  epithelial duct  canal  channel 
  2. an enclosed conduit for a fluid
    duct 
  3. a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls
    duct 
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