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Stoma

One of the minute apertures between the cells in many serous membranes.

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Aperture 76% connected

The act of opening.

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Opening 76% connected

of Open

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Orifice 76% connected

A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound.

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Porta 76% connected

The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilus.

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Narrower term 2

Lenticel 76% connected

One of the small, oval, rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the underlying tissues may protrude or roots may issue, either i…

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Water pore 76% connected

A pore by which the water tubes of various invertebrates open externally.

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Containing whole 1

Tracheotomy 70% connected

The operation of making an opening into the windpipe.

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Pore 92% connected

One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Stomate 92% connected

A stoma.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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