Associations to the word «Hilus»

Wiktionary

HILUS, noun. (anatomy) A hilum.

Dictionary definition

HILUS, noun. (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ; "the hilus of the kidney".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley