foramen magnum

1. 1.

   the large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes

   Broaderforamen

   Part ofcranium

Questions about foramen magnum

What does foramen magnum mean?

foramen magnum means "the large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes".

Is foramen magnum a common word?

foramen magnum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.