Definition of MEATUS

meatus

Plural: meatus, meatuses

Noun

  • A natural body passage or opening.
  • a natural body passageway
  • A tubular opening or passage leading to the interior of the body.
  • Ellipsis of acoustic meatus, the passage leading into the ear.

Examples

  • The MEATUS of the board’s open spaces beckoned for a long, high-scoring word.
  • The urinary meatus is the opening of the urethra, situated on the glans penis in males, and in the vulva in females.

Origin / Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin meātus (“a going, passing; a way, path, passage”).

Synonyms

ear canal

Scrabble Score: 8

meatus: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
meatus: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
meatus: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

meatus: valid Words With Friends Word