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Foramen   /fərˈeɪmən/   Listen
Foramen

noun
(pl. L. foramina, E. foramines)
1.
A natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure.  Synonym: hiatus.



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"Foramen" Quotes from Famous Books



... your kind note, and especially for your offer of sending me some time corrections, for which I shall be truly grateful. I know that there are many blunders to which I am very liable. There is a terrible one confusing the supra-condyloid foramen with another one. (471/1. In the first edition of the "Descent of Man," I., page 28, in quoting Mr. Busk "On the Caves of Gibraltar," Mr. Darwin confuses together the inter-condyloid foramen in the humerus with the supra-condyloid ...
— More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II - Volume II (of II) • Charles Darwin



Words linked to "Foramen" :   Monro's foramen, interventricular foramen, opening, gap, hiatus, foramen of Monro



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