Etymology

foramen spinosum

Today it means: An aperture in the greater wing of the sphenoid bone that gives passage to the middle meningeal artery. Full definition →

New Latin forāmen spīnōsum
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The story

  1. New Latin · borrowed fromforāmen spīnōsum“thorny hole”
  2. English todayforamen spinosum

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

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