passageway

Noun
  1. is a type of: passage - a way through or along which someone or something may pass
    subtypes:
    • aisle, gangway - passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores
    • arcade - a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side
    • areaway - a passageway between buildings or giving access to a basement
    • corridor - an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it
    • drift, gallery, heading - a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
    • gangway - a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)
    • gate - passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark
    • shaft - a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
    • tunnel - a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)
    • walk-through - a pedestrian passageway through the ground floor of a building
  2. is a type of: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement
    subtypes:
    • birth canal - a passage in the uterus and vagina through which a fetus passes during vaginal birth
    • meatus - a natural body passageway
    • opening, orifice, porta - an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
    • canal, channel, duct, epithelial duct - a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
    • sinusoid - tiny endothelium-lined passages for blood in the tissue of an organ
    • carpal tunnel - a passageway in the wrist through which nerves and the flexor muscles of the hands pass
    • root canal - the passage in the root of a tooth through which its nerve and blood vessels enter the pulp cavity
    • esophagus, gorge, gullet, oesophagus - the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
    • epicardia - the short part of the esophagus extending downward from the diaphragm to the stomach
    • fauces - the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx
    • fistula, sinus - an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface
    • shunt - a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
    same as: passage

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