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FORAMEN SPINOSUM

\fˈɔːɹe͡ɪmˌɛn spˈɪnɒsəm], \fˈɔːɹe‍ɪmˌɛn spˈɪnɒsəm], \f_ˈɔː_ɹ_eɪ_m_ˌɛ_n s_p_ˈɪ_n_ɒ_s_ə_m]\

Definitions of FORAMEN SPINOSUM

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Hole in great wing of sphenoid for middle meningeal artery.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A small f. piercing the great wing of the sphenoid bone near its posterior angle. It transmits the middle meningeal artery.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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