Associations to the word «Foramen»

Wiktionary

FORAMEN, noun. (anatomy) an opening, an orifice; a short passage.
FORAMEN OF MONRO, noun. (anatomy) Either of the interventricular foramina, channels that connect the paired lateral ventricles with the third ventricle at the midline of the brain.
FORAMEN OVALE, noun. (medicine) (anatomy) An opening in the septum between the right and left atria of the fetal heart that normally closes after birth.
FORAMEN OVALES, noun. Plural of foramen ovale

Dictionary definition

FORAMEN, noun. A natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke