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INGUINAL CANAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inguinal canal mean?
• INGUINAL CANAL (noun)
The noun INGUINAL CANAL has 1 sense:
1. oblique passage through the lower abdominal wall; in males it is the passage through which the testes descend into the scrotum and it contains the spermatic cord; in females it transmits the round ligament of the uterus
Familiarity information: INGUINAL CANAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Oblique passage through the lower abdominal wall; in males it is the passage through which the testes descend into the scrotum and it contains the spermatic cord; in females it transmits the round ligament of the uterus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
canalis inguinalis; inguinal canal
Hypernyms ("inguinal canal" 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)
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