foramen

English

Etymology

From Latin forāmen (“aperture, opening”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪmən
• IPA^(key): /fəˈɹeɪ.mɛn/

Plural

• IPA^(key): /fəˈɹæmɪnə/

or

• IPA^(key): /fəˈɹeɪ.mɛnz/

Noun

foramen (plural foramina or foramens)

1. (anatomy) an opening, an orifice; a short passage.

   The skull contains a number of foramina through which arteries, veins, nerves, and other structures enter and exit. w:Category:Foramina of the skull

Derived terms

• foramen magnum
• foramen of Magendie
• foramen of Monro
• foramen of Morgagni
• foramen of Winslow
• foramen ovale
• foraminate
• neuroforamen

 

See also

• meatus

Anagrams

• Foreman, foreman, name for

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Latin

Etymology

From forō (“pierce, bore”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /foˈraː.men/, [fɔˈraː.mɛn]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /foˈra.men/, [fɔˈraː.mɛn]

Noun

forāmen n (genitive forāminis); third declension

1. opening, aperture, hole
2. (figuratively) a cave

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	forāmen	forāmina
Genitive	forāminis	forāminum
Dative	forāminī	forāminibus
Accusative	forāmen	forāmina
Ablative	forāmine	forāminibus
Vocative	forāmen	forāmina

Synonyms

• (cave): caverna

Derived terms

• forāmen acūs
• forāminātus
• forāminōsus

Related terms

• forātus
• forō

Descendants

• Asturian: furame, furacu
• Catalan: forat
• English: foramen
• Italian: forame

• Old Portuguese: furaco
• Portuguese: buraco, forame, forâmen
• Spanish: foramen

References

• foramen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• foramen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• foramen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• foramen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin forāmen (“aperture, opening”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fo̞ˈɾa̠.me̞n]

Noun

foramen m (plural forámenes)

1. (anatomy) foramen

Derived terms

Related terms

• foramen ciático mayor
• foramen espinoso
• foramen infraorbitario
• foramen intervertebral

• foramen magno
• foramen oval
• foramen redondo mayor
• foramen vertebral

Related terms

• foraminífero
• perforar
• horadar