CALIX
\kˈe͡ɪlɪks], \kˈeɪlɪks], \k_ˈeɪ_l_ɪ_k_s]\
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By James Champlin Fernald
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Anatomists have given this name to small cuplike membranous canals, which surround the papillae of the kidney, and open into its pelvis, whither they convey the urine :-Cal'ices rena'les, Cylind'ri membrana'cei Renum, Fis'tilae ure'terum renum, Canales membra'nei Renum, Tu'buli pelvis renum. Their number varies from 6 to 12 in each kidney.
By Robley Dunglison
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PL calices, calyces. The outermost of the whorls of leaflets forming a flower.
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A cup-shaped organ or depression; hence (a) the depression in the corallum which lodges the gastric sac, (b) a c. of the kidney, and (c) the cavity left on the surface of the ovary by the rupture of a graafian vesicle
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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