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MONRO'S FORAMEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Monro's foramen mean? 

MONRO'S FORAMEN (noun)
  The noun MONRO'S FORAMEN has 1 sense:

1. the small opening (on both the right and left sides) that connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon with the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphereplay

  Familiarity information: MONRO'S FORAMEN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MONRO'S FORAMEN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The small opening (on both the right and left sides) that connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon with the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

foramen of Monro; interventricular foramen; Monro's foramen

Hypernyms ("Monro's foramen" is a kind of...):

foramen; hiatus (a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure)


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