Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun canalis_inguinalis

1 sense of canalis inguinalis

Sense 1
inguinal canal, canalis inguinalis -- (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)
       => duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel -- (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs")