Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
can·a·lic·u·lusPronunciation:
-y&-l&s Function:
noun Inflected Form:
plural can·a·lic·u·li /-"lI, -"lE/ : a minute canal in a bodily structure: as
a : one of the hairlike channels ramifying a haversiansystem in bone and linking the lacunae with one another and with the haversian canal
b : one of the narrow spaces between cells in the anastomosing cords of cells that make up a liverlobule