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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) foramen
a small opening, orifice, or perforation, as in a bone or in the ovule of a plant.

Etymology: (1665–75; < L forāmen hole, opening =forā(re) to bore¹, pierce +-men resultative n. suffix)

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1. (noun) foramen, hiatus
a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) foramen
a small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra

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