CANALIS VERTEBRALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does canalis vertebralis mean? 

• CANALIS VERTEBRALIS (noun)
  The noun CANALIS VERTEBRALIS has 1 sense:

1. the canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes

  Familiarity information: CANALIS VERTEBRALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANALIS VERTEBRALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

canalis vertebralis; spinal canal; vertebral canal

Hypernyms ("canalis vertebralis" is a kind of...):

canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)

Holonyms ("canalis vertebralis" is a part of...):

back; backbone; rachis; spinal column; spine; vertebral column (the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord)