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CANALIS INGUINALIS
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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
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Hypernyms ("canalis inguinalis" 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)