Ducrey’s bacillus

(doo-kriz’) [Aug us to Ducrey, contemporary Italian physician]. See bacillus. Guct (dukt) [L. duc/tus, from du’cere to draw or lead]. A pa age with well-defined walls; especially, a tube for the pa age of excretions or secretions. aberrant d., any duct that is not usually present or that takes an unusual course or direction; especially, a small coiled tube extending from the lower part of the canal of the epididymis. aberrant bile-d’s, minute ducts sometimes found in the triangular ligament of the liver. acoustic d., the external meatus of the ear. adipose d., an elongated sac in the cellular ti ue filled with fat. alimentary d., the thoracic duct. alveolar d., any one of the infundibula of a bronchiole. d. of Arantius, the duct us venosus. arch i nephric d., the mesonephric duct. arterial d., the duct us arteriosus. auditory d., a space in the cochlea, between the membrana tectoria and the membrana cochlear is. d. of lin, the longer and 20 d.-mem-