transforaminal

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adjective

Through the foramen.

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Meanings

adjectivetransforaminal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThrough the foramen.

    The purpose of this paper is to compare the clinical and radiological results of local bone grafts with a cage to morselized impacted bone grafts without cage, in patients undergoing transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) surgery.

    2015 August 19, Chaoliang Lv et al., “Comparative effectiveness of two different interbody fusion methods for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: cage versus morselized impacted bone grafts”, in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, volume 16, →DOI

Origin

From trans- + foraminal.

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APA

transforaminal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transforaminal

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Chicago

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