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foramen
This term is used almost exclusively in anatomical and medical contexts to describe a natural opening in a bone. It carries a clinical, precise tone and is rarely used in general conversation to describe a simple hole.
Because it is a Latin loanword, the plural form "foramina" is the standard technical usage in scientific literature, though "foramens" is occasionally seen in non-specialized texts.
Meanings
Examples
The spinal cord exits the skull through the foramen magnum.
Look closely at the skull and identify the foramen ovale.
A nerve is compressed as it passes through the foramen.
Which foramen does the maxillary artery pass through?
The surgeon carefully avoided damaging the vessels within the foramen.
I wonder if this specific foramen is larger in males than in females.
The foramen rotundum allows the maxillary nerve to exit the cranium.
The x-ray shows a narrowing of the intervertebral foramen.