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hi⋅lum

  [hahy-luhm]
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–noun, plural -la  [-luh] .
1. Botany.
a. the mark or scar on a seed produced by separation from its funicle or placenta.
b. the nucleus of a granule of starch.
2. Mycology. a mark or scar on a spore at the point of attachment to the spore-bearing structure.
3. Anatomy. the region at which the vessels, nerves, etc., enter or emerge from a part.
Origin:
1650–60; < NL; L: little thing, trifle; see nil

Related forms:
hilar, adjective
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hi·la   (hī'lə)   
n.  Plural of hilum.
hi·lum   (hī'ləm)   
n.   pl. hi·la (-lə)

    1. The scar on a seed, such as a bean, indicating the point of attachment to the funiculus.

    2. The nucleus of a starch grain.

  2. The area through which ducts, nerves, or blood vessels enter and leave a gland or organ.


[Latin hīlum, trifle.]
hi'lar (-lər) adj.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: hi·lum
Pronunciation: 'hI-l&m
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural hi·la /-l&/
1 : a scar on a seed (as a bean) marking the point of attachment of the ovule
2 : a notch in or opening from a bodily part suggesting the hilum of a bean especially when it is wherethe blood vessels, nerves, or ducts leave and enter: as a : the indented part of a kidney b : the depression in the medial surface of a lung that forms the openingthrough which the bronchus, blood vessels, and nerves pass c : a shallow depression in one side of a lymph node through which blood vessels pass and efferent lymphatic vessels emerge
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hilum hi·lum (hī'ləm)
n. pl. hi·la (-lə)
A depression or slit-like opening through which nerves, ducts, or blood vessels enter and leave in an organ or a gland. Also called porta.

hi'lar (-lər) adj.

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hilum   (hī'ləm)  Pronunciation Key 
Plural hila

  1. A mark or scar on a seed, such as a bean, showing where it was formerly attached to the plant. The hilum indicates the point of attachment of the funiculus.

  2. A depression or opening through which nerves, ducts, or blood vessels pass in an organ or a gland, as in the medial aspect of the lungs or the kidneys .


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