What does "foramen" mean?

An opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone.

What is a synonym for "foramen"?

Common synonyms include: aperture, cavity, chasm, check, clearing, cleft.

Pronounced //fəˈɹeɪ.mɛn//.

/fəˈɹeɪ.mɛn/ noun

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Noun

1
An opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone.
"The skull contains a number of foramina through which arteries, veins, nerves, and other structures enter and exit."
2
a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure wordnet

"The skull contains a number of foramina through which arteries, veins, nerves, and other structures enter and exit."

Borrowed from Latin forāmen (“aperture or opening produced by boring”), from forō (“to pierce or bore”) + -men (nominal suffix).