Definition of foramen Foramen

/fɚejˈmʌn/ - [fereymun] - fo•ra•men

We found 6 definitions of foramen from 6 different sources.

What does foramen mean?

Noun Plural: foramen
foramen - a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
		hiatus
		gap, opening a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack"
		foramen of monro, interventricular foramen, monro's foramen the small opening (on both the right and left sides) that connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon with the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere

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foramen
A natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure.

foramen
fo-rā′men, n. a small opening:—pl. Foram′ina.—adjs. Foram′inated, Foram′inous, pierced with small holes: porous.—n.pl. Foraminif′era, an order of Rhizopoda, furnished with a shell or test, usually perforated by pores (foramina).—n. Foramin′ifer, one of such.—adjs. Foraminif′eral, Foraminif′erous.—Forāmen magnum, the great hole in the occipital bone for the passage of the medulla oblongata and its membranes. [L.,—forāre, to pierce.]