Definition of hilum in English:
hilum
nounPlural hila ˈhʌɪləmˈhīləm
Botany 1The scar on a seed marking the point of attachment to its seed vessel.
Example sentencesExamples
- Additional indicators are harvesting seed with bleeding hila and having green stem at harvest.
- The ‘black eye’ of the common variety is the hilum, or attachment point of the pea to the pod.
- The fungus grows into the pod and spreads though the hilum, resulting in seed discoloration being centered on the hilum.
- A hilar groove is located at the centre of the seed hilum area, and consists of more elongated macrosclereids.
- Others are seed coat and hilum colour (visible in the field), prevalence of disease and maturity.
- 1.1 A point in a starch granule around which the layers of starch are deposited.
- 1.2Anatomy
another term for hilus
Example sentencesExamples
- The anterior apical and tumor was palpable within the hilum and appeared to be centered in the hilum of the left lung.
- These arterioles frequently showed continuity at the glomerular hilum with segmental necrotizing glomerular lesions.
- The median sternotomy is used to gain access to the anterior mediastinum, heart, great vessels, hila and pleural spaces.
- The body and tail extend along the splenic vein toward the splenic hilum.
- After dissection of the left hilum, physiologic saline was continuously infused via the tail vein at 0.75 ml/hour for 4 hours.
Origin
Mid 17th century (in the Latin sense): from Latin, literally 'little thing, trifle', once thought to mean 'that which sticks to a bean', hence the current sense (mid 18th century).