spinal canal

1. 1.

   the canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes

   Synonymsvertebral canalcanalis vertebralis

   Broaderduct

   Part ofspinal column

Questions about spinal canal

What does spinal canal mean?

spinal canal means "the canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes".

What is another word for spinal canal?

Close synonyms include vertebral canal, canalis vertebralis. 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 spinal canal a common word?

spinal 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.