INGUINAL CANAL as NOUN

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
   
   Synonym(s)
   • canalis inguinalis (what does canalis inguinalis mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) inguinal canal is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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   • channel (what does channel mean?)