canaliculus
noun
can·a·lic·u·lus
ˌka-nə-ˈli-kyə-ləs 
plural canaliculi
ˌka-nə-ˈli-kyə-ˌlī
-ˌlē
: a minute canal in a bodily structure
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canaliculus
noun
can·a·lic·u·lus
-yə-ləs
plural canaliculi
-ˌlī, -ˌlē
: a minute canal in a bodily structure: as
a
: one of the hairlike channels ramifying a Haversian system in bone and linking the lacunae with one another and with the Haversian canal
b
: one of the narrow spaces between cells in the anastomosing cords of cells that make up a liver lobule
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