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vertebral canal

noun

Definition of vertebral canal 

: spinal canal

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1830, in the meaning defined above

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vertebral canal

noun

Medical Definition of vertebral canal 

: a canal that contains the spinal cord and is delimited by the neural arches on the dorsal side of the vertebrae

— called also spinal canal

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