имя существительное 1) [анатомия] пазуха 2) [медицина] свищ (отверстие, возникшее в результате болезненного процесса в стенке полого органа); фистула Синоним(ы): fistula 3) [ботаника] пазуха листа
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, curve, fold, hollow cavity, hollow: as a. a narrow elongated tract extending from a focus of suppuration and serving for the discharge of pus b. (1) a cavity in the substance of a bone of the skull that usually communicates with the nostrils and contains air (2) a channel for venous blood (3) a dilatation in a bodily canal or vessel c. a cleft or indentation between adjoining lobes (as of a leaf or corolla)