INGUINAL CANAL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (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

Synonyms:

canalis inguinalis; inguinal canal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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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