HyperDic: inguinal_canal

English > 1 sense of the expression inguinal canal:
NOUNbodyinguinal canal, canalis inguinalisoblique passage through the lower abdominal wall
English > inguinal canal: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaningoblique 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.
Synonymcanalis inguinalis
Broaderduct, epithelial duct, canal, channelA bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
Catalanconducte inguinal

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