foramen
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- n a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
- Itaque se inclinans caput in foramen introduxit et clamavit: 'Heus, ecquis domi est?' Fuit intus rumor quidam sternutamenti similis et deinde denuo.
- Its foramen magnum, the hole through which the spinal cord enters the skull, was not in the rear of the skull as it is in an ape or any other animal that walks on all fours; as .
- One clue is a tiny fragment of the foramen magnum, the opening at the base of the skull where the spinal cord joins the brain: its location suggests an upright stance.