The skull contains a number of foramina through which arteries, veins, nerves, and other structures enter and exit.
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Foramen
//fəˈɹeɪ.mɛn//
Synonyms for "foramen" (27 found)
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11 translations across 9 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- ثُقْبَة noun (an opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone)
Catalan
2 entries- foramen noun (an opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone)
- forat noun (an opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone)
Czech
1 entries- otvor noun (an opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone)
French
1 entries- foramen noun (an opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone)
German
1 entries- Foramen noun (an opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone)
Macedonian
2 entries- ду́пка noun (an opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone)
- о́твор noun (an opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone)
Polish
1 entries- otwór noun (an opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone)
Russian
1 entries- отве́рстие noun (an opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone)
Spanish
1 entries- foramen noun (an opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone)
Sample sentences
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There is — as I have explained — a slight want of alignment in the cervical vertebrae which has, as I perceive it, the effect of lessening the foramina through which the nerve roots emerge.
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