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calix /ca·lix/ (ka´liks) pl. ca´lices   [L.] calyx.
ca·lix or ca·lyx (klks, klks)
n. pl. ca·li·ces or ca·ly·ces (kl-sz, kl-)
1. A flower-shaped or funnel-shaped structure.
2. Any of the branches or recesses of the pelvis of the kidney into which the orifices of the malpighian renal pyramids project.

calix [ka´liks] (pl. ca´lices) (L.)
a cuplike organ or cavity. adj., adj calice´al.
renal calix the subdivision of the renal pelvis that encloses a renal pyramid.

calix
pl. calices [L.] a cuplike organ or cavity, e.g. one of the recesses of the kidney pelvis which enclose the tips of the pyramids; ovarian calix in birds comparable to the ovulation fossa in mammals.


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