Foramen: A natural opening. Although a foramen is usually through bone, it can be an opening through other types of tissue, as with the foramen ovale in the heart. The plural of foramen is foramina.
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( fÉ™-rÄ ' mÉ™n ) n. , pl. , -ram·i·na ( -răm ' É™-nÉ™ ), or -ra·mens . An opening or orifice, as in a bone or in ...
foramen /fo·ra·men/ (fo-ra´men) pl. fora´mina [L.] a natural opening or passage, especially one into or through a bone. aortic foramen aortic hiatus.
fo·ra·men (f-r m n) n. pl. fo·ram·i·na (-r m-n) or fo·ra·mens. An opening or orifice, as in a bone or in the covering of the ovule of a plant. [Latin for men ...
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