Hilum

What do we mean by hilum?

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

The nucleus of a starch grain. noun

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

In botany, originally, the eye of a bean; hence, the mark or scar on a seed produced by separation from its placenta. noun

In zoology and anatomy, some part or thing like the hilum of a seed, as a scar, pit, recess, or opening for entrance or exit. noun

The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; -- called also hile. noun

The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus. noun

The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support. noun

The nucleus of a starch grain. noun

A depression or fissure through which ducts, nerves, or blood vessels enter and leave a gland or organ. Also called porta. noun

The scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle noun

(anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ noun

The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support.

The nucleus of a starch grain.

A depression or fissure through which ducts, nerves, or blood vessels enter and leave a gland or organ; a porta.

Words that are spelled similarly to hilum:
hilum, filum, hilus, pilum, philum, ilum, milum, hilu.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word hilum:
hila, ureter, testis, lymph, fissure, spore, renal, pulmonary, artery, scar, ligament, vein, node, lung, kidney, groove, plural, attachment, flowering, inferior, seed, nucleus, slopes, vessels, linear, elevation, coat, enter, depression, growing, attached, blood, cells, found, sometimes, species, point, central, form, left, right.

Words that rhyme with hilum:
asylum, xylem, phylum, insane asylum, beguile him, dry limb, exile him, nearby limb, reconcile him, revile him, rile him, style him, weil im, y limb.

Adjectives that are often used to describe hilum:
renal, splenic, right, left, hepatic, central, pulmonary, distinct, ovarian, ipsilateral, normal, black, prominent, echogenic, eccentric, anterior, neurovascular, glomerular, enlarged, vascular, excentric, circular, brown, posterior, upper, linear, shaped, elongated, abnormal, stellate, conspicuous, broad, contralateral, superior, basal, penile, inferior, pale, hyperechoic, tertiary, cleft, depressed, rounded, definite, concave, lateral, indented, protuberant, rayed, oval, fat, nodal, near, irregular, pertinet, visible, dotted, portal, triangular, grooved, anteromedial, evident, defined, whitish, adrenal, longitudinal, segmental, indistinct, homolateral, spleen, lucent, elongate.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective hilum:
central, flush, stellate, tuberculosis, color.

Consonant match to hilum:
hallam, hallum, hollom, holum, hullum.

Words that sound like hilum:
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