English Explanatory Dictionary

foramen spinosum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An aperture in the greater wing of the sphenoid bone that gives passage to the middle meningeal artery.

Pronunciation

/fəˌɹeɪ.mən spaɪˈnoʊ.səm/

Word forms

foramen spinosum foramina spinosa

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin forāmen spīnōsum (“thorny hole”).

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