foramen spinosum

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from New Latin forāmen spīnōsum (“thorny hole”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /fəˌɹeɪ.mən spaɪˈnoʊ.səm/ === Noun === foramen spinosum (plural foramina spinosa) (anatomy) An aperture in the greater wing of the sphenoid bone that gives passage to the middle meningeal artery. Hypernym: foramen Coordinate terms: foramen cecum, foramen lacerum, foramen magnum, foramen ovale, foramen rotundum, foramen transversarium === References === “foramen spinosum”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.