Recent Examples on the WebResults showed that women considered the position and shape of the meatus as the least important penile aspect.—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 23 June 2017 The superglue was removed successfully, in the form of a cast, with warm three per cent hydrogen peroxide without damaging the meatus or the typanic membrane.—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2014 There must be a compelling reason to want to wedge another person’s waxy nub into your external auditory meatus.—Lauren Goode, Wired, 13 Aug. 2021
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Word History
Etymology
Late Latin, from Latin, going, passage, from meare to go — more at permeate
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