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NUTRIENT FORAMEN

\njˈuːtɹi͡ənt fˈɔːɹe͡ɪmˌɛn], \njˈuːtɹi‍ənt fˈɔːɹe‍ɪmˌɛn], \n_j_ˈuː_t_ɹ_iə_n_t f_ˈɔː_ɹ_eɪ_m_ˌɛ_n]\

Definitions of NUTRIENT FORAMEN

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

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See Medullary Foramen.
Same as Medullary f.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Syn. : nutrient canal. The canal communicating between the medullary cavity of a bone and its exterior surface, and transmitting the nutrient vessels.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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