Definition of canal

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Canal (n.) A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear..

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Lock-weir :: Lock-weir (n.) A waste weir for a canal, discharging into a lock chamber..
Enterorrhaphy :: Enterorrhaphy (n.) The operation of sewing up a rent in the intestinal canal.
Sinus :: Sinus (n.) A dilated vessel or canal.
Reissner''s Membrane :: Reissner's membrane () The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear.
Neurocoele :: Neurocoele (n.) The central canal and ventricles of the spinal cord and brain; the myelencephalic cavity.
Caecum :: Caecum (n.) A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct..
Feeder :: Feeder (n.) A stream that flows into another body of water; a tributary; specifically (Hydraulic Engin.), a water course which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow..
Gastropneumatic :: Gastropneumatic (a.) Pertaining to the alimentary canal and air passages, and to the cavities connected with them; as, the gastropneumatic mucuos membranes..
Pith :: Pith (v. t.) To destroy the central nervous system of (an animal, as a frog), as by passing a stout wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal..
Weighlock :: Weighlock (n.) A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled..
Stomach :: Stomach (n.) An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion takes place in an animal; a digestive cavity. See Digestion, and Gastric juice, under Gastric..
Pharynx :: Pharynx (n.) The part of the alimentary canal between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings through the nose in the higher vertebrates, and lateral branchial openings in fishes and some amphibias..
Indigestion :: Indigestion (n.) Lack of proper digestive action; a failure of the normal changes which food should undergo in the alimentary canal; dyspepsia; incomplete or difficult digestion.
Esophagus :: Esophagus (n.) That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive..
Vertebrarterial :: Vertebrarterial (a.) Of or pertaining to a vertebrae and an artery; -- said of the foramina in the transverse processes of cervical vertebrae and of the canal which they form for the vertebral artery and vein.
Earthwork :: Earthwork (n.) The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc..
Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like..
Canal Coal :: Canal coal () See Cannel coal.
Hindgut :: Hindgut (n.) The posterior part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large intestine also..
Vagina :: Vagina (n.) Specifically, the canal which leads from the uterus to the external orifice if the genital canal, or to the cloaca..
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