Definition of "meatus" [‖Me•a•tus]

• A body opening or passage, such as the opening of the ear or the urethral canal. (noun)

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• "The meatus is the opening of the urethra in the top thing on the end, the glans penis."
• "The meatus is the narrowest part of it, and the prostatic part is the widest."
• "The 'meatus' contains three distinct channels; and the air, loitering, as it were, in it, and being longer in contact with the sensitive membrane by which it is lined, contributes to the acuter sense of smell."