os·ti·um
n, pl os*tia : a mouthlike opening in a bodily part (as a fallopian tube or a blood vessel) <stenosis of coronary ostia due to syphilis -R. L. Cecil & R. F. Loeb> .
Similar sounding terms: os·te·o·ma os·to·my
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