foramen spinosum
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from New Latin forāmen spīnōsum (“thorny hole”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /fəˌɹeɪ.mən spaɪˈnoʊ.səm/
Noun
foramen spinosum (plural foramina spinosa)
- (anatomy) An aperture in the greater wing of the sphenoid bone that gives passage to the middle meningeal artery.
- Hypernym: foramen
- Coordinate terms: foramen cecum, foramen lacerum, foramen magnum, foramen ovale, foramen rotundum, foramen transversarium
References
- “foramen spinosum”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.