Letter D

Duct

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A passage or a tube with well-defined walls suitable for the conveyance of air or liquids, as the bile duct and the pancreatic duct.

Duct is a contraction of the New Latin word ductus.

The Romans, however, used the word canalis to designate a conduit.

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