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Introduction

In reference to:

  • An anatomic part in the form of a pillar or cylindric funiculus.
  • a device used in chromatography & other applications into which a resin or other material is packed & through which a solution or gas is passed so as to achieve separation of components

More specific terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.