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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 uterusplay

  Familiarity information: INGUINAL CANAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INGUINAL CANAL (noun)


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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