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CANAL

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1. What does CANAL mean?
pronunciation
Definition 1/4 (3 senses as a noun, 1 sense as a verb): (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion

2. What does EAR CANAL mean?
pronunciation
Either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane

3. What does CANAL BOAT mean?
pronunciation
It's a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals

4. What does CANAL ZONE mean?
pronunciation
It's a zone consisting of a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama that contains the Panama Canal

5. What does ERIE CANAL mean?
pronunciation
It's an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo; built in the 19th century; now part of the New York State Barge Canal

6. What does GOTA CANAL mean?
definition
It's a canal for small oceangoing ships to enter Lake Vanern in Sweden

7. What does ROOT CANAL mean?
pronunciation
The passage in the root of a tooth through which its nerve and blood vessels enter the pulp cavity

8. What does SHIP CANAL mean?
pronunciation
It's a canal large enough for seagoing vessels

9. What does SUEZ CANAL mean?
pronunciation
It's a ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea

10. What does BIRTH CANAL mean?
pronunciation
It's a passage in the uterus and vagina through which a fetus passes during vaginal birth

11. What does GRAND CANAL mean?
pronunciation
The major waterway in Venice, Italy (this entry has two senses; see the dictionary for the second meaning).

12. What does PANAMA CANAL mean?
pronunciation
It's a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914)

13. What does SPINAL CANAL mean?
pronunciation
The canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes

14. What does AUDITORY CANAL mean?
pronunciation
Either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane

15. What does CAPE COD CANAL mean?
pronunciation
It's a canal connecting Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards Bay

16. What does CERVICAL CANAL mean?
pronunciation
It's a spindle-shaped canal extending from the uterus to the vagina

17. What does INGUINAL CANAL mean?
definition
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

18. What does HAVERSIAN CANAL mean?
definition
Any of the many tiny canals that contain blood vessels and connective tissue and that form a network in bone

19. What does SCHLEMM'S CANAL mean?
definition
It's a circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veins

20. What does VERTEBRAL CANAL mean?
pronunciation
The canal in successive vertebrae through which the spinal cord passes

21. What does ALIMENTARY CANAL mean?
pronunciation
Tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination

22. What does CALEDONIAN CANAL mean?
pronunciation
It's a canal in northern Scotland that links North Sea with the Atlantic Ocean; runs diagonally between Moray Firth at the northeastern end and Loch Linnhe at the southwestern end; now little used

23. What does CANAL OF SCHLEMM mean?
definition
It's a circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veins

24. What does PANAMA CANAL ZONE mean?
pronunciation
It's a zone consisting of a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama that contains the Panama Canal

25. What does SEMICIRCULAR CANAL mean?
pronunciation
One of three tube loops filled with fluid and in planes nearly at right angles with one another; concerned with equilibrium

26. What does CALOOSAHATCHEE CANAL mean?
definition
It's a canal that connects Lake Okeechobee with the Caloosahatchee River in southern Florida to form part of the Cross-Florida Waterway

27. What does EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL mean?
pronunciation
Either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane

28. What does NEW YORK STATE BARGE CANAL mean?
pronunciation
It's a system of canals crossing New York State and connecting the Great Lakes with the Hudson River and Lake Champlain


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