Iter
4 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A passage or canal in the body, especially a channel connecting parts of the brain; also a Roman legal term for a right of way.
“The anatomist described the iter as a narrow channel linking the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.”
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