English Explanatory Dictionary

foramen magnum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The large foramen, or hole, in the occipital bone for the passage of the medulla oblongata and its membranes.

Word forms

foramen magnum foramina magna

Etymology

From Latin forāmen magnum (“big hole”).

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