hilum Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ
    hilus.
    • the hilus of the kidney
  2. noun the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle

WordNet

Hi"lum noun
Etymology
L., a little thing, trifle.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; -- called also hile.
  2. (Anat.) The part of a gland, or similar organ, where the blood vessels and nerves enter; the hilus; as, the hilum of the kidney.

Webster 1913