Definition of Ductulus

1. Noun. A very small duct.

Exact synonyms: Ductule
Generic synonyms: Canal, Channel, Duct, Epithelial Duct
Specialized synonyms: Sweat Duct, Biliary Ductule

Medical Definition of Ductulus

1. Synonym: ductule. Origin: Mod. L. Dim. Of L. Ductus, duct (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ductulus

ductopenic
ductor
ductors
ducts
ducts of Skene's glands
ductular
ductule
ductules
ductuli aberrantes
ductuli biliferi
ductuli excretorii glandulae lacrimalis
ductuli interlobulares
ductuli paroophori
ductuli prostatici
ductulus (current term)
ductulus aberrans inferior
ductulus aberrans superior
ductulus alveolaris
ductus
ductus aberrantes
ductus arteriosus
ductus biliferi
ductus caroticus
ductus choledochus
ductus cochlearis
ductus cysticus

Literary usage of Ductulus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Histology and Microscopic Anatomy of the Human Body by Ladislaus Szymonowicz, John Bruce MacCallum (1902)
"In the epididymis we distinguish side branches, the ductuli aberrantes. These are spoken of as the ductulus aberrans Halleri (which is a branch of the vas ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"A long narrow tube, the ductulus aberrans inferior (vas aberrans of Holler), ... A second tube, the ductulus aberrans superior, occurs in the head of the ..."

3. A Text-book of Histology: Arranged Upon an Embryological Basis by Philipp Stöhr, Frederic Thomas Lewis (1913)
"Tangential section of a ductulus efferens. ' *s®a&i..-'" ."• • • • - S'i. . ,V>* — f • . ... Epithelium Circular muscles Transverse section of a ductulus ..."

4. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1921)
"Each ductulus alveolaris is connected with a variable number of atria which also bear ... The portion of the lung, including the ductulus alveolaris and its ..."

5. Diseases of the Bronchi, Lungs and Pleura, by Friedrich Albin Hoffmann, Ottomar Rosenbach, Emanuel Aufrecht, John Herr Musser, Alfred Stengel (1902)
"... (5) terminal bronchus (ductulus alveolaris), the continuation of a tertiary bronchus. WS Miller has recently made a careful study of the terminal ..."

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