foramen (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *foramen*:
NOUN	body	foramen, hiatus	a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure

foramen > pronunciation
Sounds	ferey'mahn
Rhymes	Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...

English > *foramen*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	A natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure.
Synonym	hiatus
Narrower	foramen magnum	The large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes
Narrower	interventricular foramen, foramen of Monro, 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
Broader	opening, gap	An open or empty space in or between things
Spanish	hiato
Catalan	forat, hiat

HyperDic: foramen