foramen spinosum

US/fəˌɹeɪ.mən spaɪˈnoʊ.səm/

noun

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

OriginNew Latin forāmen spīnōsum →
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Meanings

nounforamen spinosum (plural foramina spinosa)

plural foramina spinosa

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

Origin

  1. New Latinforāmen spīnōsum“thorny hole”
  2. Englishforamen spinosum

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

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