Usually means: Channel in bone for blood.
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Nutrient canal)

noun:  All bones possess larger or smaller foramina (openings) for the entrance of blood-vessels; these are known as the nutrient foramina, and are particularly large in the shafts of the larger long bones, where they lead into a nutrient canal, which extends into the medullary cavity.


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