ductal

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English duct

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English ductal

From duct + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌktəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

ductal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of, relating to, or originating in a duct.

Derived terms

• acinoductal
• extraductal
• hepatoductal
• intraductal
• multiductal
• panantigen
• paraductal
• periductal
• postductal
• preductal
• retroductal
• transductal

Translations

Relating to a duct

• French: ductal, canalaire (fr)
• Italian: duttale
• Portuguese: ductal
• Spanish: ductal

Portuguese

Adjective

ductal m or f (plural ductais)

1. (anatomy) ductal (relating to a duct)

Further reading

• “ductal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From ducto +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duɡˈtal/ [d̪uɣ̞ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: duc‧tal

Adjective

ductal m or f (masculine and feminine plural ductales)

1. (anatomy) ductal (relating to a duct)