Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A vessel or duct.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In anatomy and zoology, a vas-culum or vessel, as a tube, duct, or conduit conveying blood, lymph, or other fluid
  • noun The aberrant ducts of the testis. See aberrant.
  • noun Bile-ducts running an unusual course in the liver.
  • noun Tributaries to the splenic vein, corresponding to the arterial vasa brevia.
  • noun The efferent lymphatic vessels: usually small ones, that soon unite into a larger one.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Anat.) A vessel; a duct.
  • noun (Anat.) The excretory duct of a testicle; a spermatic duct.

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  • noun anatomy A vessel or duct transporting any bodily fluid, such as blood, lymph, chyle, or semen.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a tube in which a body fluid circulates

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin vās, vessel.]

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From Latin vas ("vessel"), from 1645–1655.

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  • Slovene: "village" (fem., sg gen: vasí).

    February 4, 2009