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Schlemm's canal vs channel

channel vs Schlemm's canal

Schlemm's canal and channel both are nouns.

Schlemm's canal is not a verb while channel is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Schlemm's canal Yes No No No
channel Yes No Yes No
As nouns, channel is a hypernym of Schlemm's canal; that is, channel is a word with a broader meaning than Schlemm's canal:
  • Schlemm's canal: a circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veins
  • channel: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
Other hypernyms of Schlemm's canal include canal, duct, epithelial duct.
Schlemm's canal (noun) channel (noun)
a circular canal in the eye that drains aqueous humor from the anterior chamber of the eye into the anterior ciliary veins a way of selling a company's product either directly or via distributors
a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through
a television station and its programs
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance
a path over which electrical signals can pass
(often plural) a means of communication or access
a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels
a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
Schlemm's canal (verb) channel (verb)
send from one person or place to another
direct the flow of
transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
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