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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Duct \Duct\, n. [L. ductus a leading, conducting, conduit, fr ducere ductum, to lead. See {Duke}, and cf {Douche}.] 1. Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed. 2. (Anat.) One of the vessels of an animal body by which the products of glandular secretion are conveyed to their destination. 3. (Bot.) A large elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with woody fiber. Note: Ducts are classified, according to the character of the surface of their walls, or their structure, as annular, spiral, scalariform, etc 4. Guidance; direction. [Obs.] --Hammond. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: duct n 1: a bodily passage or tube conveying a secretion or other substance [syn: {canal}, {channel}] 2: a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls 3: an enclosed conduit for a fluid
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