"foramen" meaning in English

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      "form": "foramina",
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        {
          "word": "foramen spinosum"
        },
        {
          "word": "foraminal"
        },
        {
          "word": "foraminate"
        },
        {
          "word": "foraminous"
        },
        {
          "word": "infraorbital foramen"
        },
        {
          "word": "jugular foramen"
        },
        {
          "word": "mental foramen"
        },
        {
          "word": "optic foramen"
        },
        {
          "word": "stylomastoid foramen"
        },
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          "word": "zygomaticofacial foramen"
        },
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          "word": "zygomaticotemporal foramen"
        }
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        "An opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone."
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        [
          "passage",
          "passage"
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        "(anatomy) An opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone."
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          "roman": "ótvor",
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          "roman": "dúpka",
          "sense": "an opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone",
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          "word": "ду́пка"
        },
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          "roman": "otvérstije",
          "sense": "an opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "отве́рстие"
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      "word": "foramen spinosum"
    },
    {
      "word": "foraminal"
    },
    {
      "word": "foraminate"
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    {
      "word": "foraminous"
    },
    {
      "word": "infraorbital foramen"
    },
    {
      "word": "jugular foramen"
    },
    {
      "word": "mental foramen"
    },
    {
      "word": "optic foramen"
    },
    {
      "word": "stylomastoid foramen"
    },
    {
      "word": "zygomaticofacial foramen"
    },
    {
      "word": "zygomaticotemporal foramen"
    }
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        "(anatomy) An opening, an orifice, or a short passage, especially in a bone."
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      "word": "отве́рстие"
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  "word": "foramen"
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