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1. <zoology> A common passage for faecal, urinary and reproductive discharge in most lower vertebrates.
2. <embryology> The terminal end of the hindgut before division into rectum, bladder and genital primordia.
3. <pathology> An opening in the involucrum of a necrosed bone.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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