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noun, masculine

foramen

/foˈɾamen/

noun, masculine/foˈɾamen/plural: forámenes

foramen

Related: foramen ciático mayor, foramen espinoso, foramen infraorbitario, foramen intervertebral, foramen magno, foramen oval, foramen redondo mayor, foramen vertebral

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Latin forō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin forāmenbor. Spanish foramen Borrowed from Latin forāmen (“aperture, opening”).