PASSAGE

n. PaVe2j. Gr., irdpos (1st def.). Fr., p. (1st def.). Ger., Durchgang (1st def.). 1. Any channel of communication, especially any such channel between the various cavities and structures of the body, or between its cavities and the external surface. 2. The act of pa ing from one locality to another. 3. The act of pa ing anything (e. g., an instrument) into, through, or around a structure. 4. The act of evacuating the bowels, or the material expelled in such evacuation. Alveolar p's. Sacculated p's into which the bronchioles are transformed and into which the infnndibula open. [L, 142, 318.] Gum p. Of De Bary, an intercellular space, with more or le regularity of form, containing gum, as in Opuntia, etc. [a, 35.] See Internal GLANDS. Intercellular p's. 1. See Internal GLANDS, 2. See Intercellular GLANDS. Intercellular p's of the lung [Rainey]. See Alveolar p's. L,acrymal p's. Lat., vice lacrimales. Fr., voies lacrymales. Ger., Thrrinenwege. Properly, the excretory ducts of the lacrymal gland; the puncta, canaliculi, lacrymal sac, and nasal ducts. [F.] Lobular p's of the lung. See Alveolar p's. L,ymph p. See Lymph SINUS. Oblong p. See Transverse cerebral FISSURE. PASSE-FIL, (Fr.), n. Pa3s-fel. An instrument for pa ing suture threads. [A, 301 (a, 34).] [s. 221]