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Noun: hilum (hila)  hI-lum
  1. (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ
    "the hilum of the kidney"
    - hilus
     
  2. The scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle

Derived forms: hila

See also: hilar

Type of: fissure, point

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