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crypt (kript) a blind pit or tube on a free surface. anal crypts
furrows, with pouchlike recesses at the lower end, separating the rectal columns; called also anal sinuses. crypts of Lieberkühn
intestinal glands on the surface of the intestinal mucous membrane. crypts of tongue
deep, irregular invaginations from the surface of the lingual tonsil. tonsillar crypts
epithelium-lined clefts in the palatine tonsils.
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