| NOUN | body | foramen, hiatus | a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure |
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| Sounds | ferey'mahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure. | |
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| Synonym | hiatus | |
| Narrower | foramen magnum | The large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes |
| 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 | |
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