foramen of monro

1. 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 hemisphere

   Synonymsinterventricular foramenMonro's foramen

   Broaderforamen

Questions about foramen of monro

What does foramen of monro mean?

foramen of monro means "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".

What is another word for foramen of monro?

Close synonyms include interventricular foramen, Monro's foramen. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is foramen of monro a common word?

foramen of monro 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.