inguinal canal

1. 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 uterus

   Synonymscanalis inguinalis

   Broaderduct

Questions about inguinal canal

What does inguinal canal mean?

inguinal canal means "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".

What is another word for inguinal canal?

Close synonyms include canalis inguinalis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is inguinal canal a common word?

inguinal canal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.