foramen spinosum
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from New Latin forāmen spīnōsum (“thorny hole”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /fəˌɹeɪ.mən spaɪˈnoʊ.səm/
Noun[edit]
foramen spinosum (plural foramina spinosa)
- (anatomy) An aperture in the greater wing of the sphenoid bone that gives passage to the middle meningeal artery.
- Hypernym: foramen
- Coordinate terms: foramen cecum, foramen lacerum, foramen magnum, foramen ovale, foramen rotundum, foramen transversarium
References[edit]
- “foramen spinosum”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.