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 hemisphere

  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

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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)