foraminous
11foraminate — foramination, n. /feuh ram euh nit/, adj. full of holes or foramina. Also, foraminous. [1590 1600; < LL foraminatus bored, pierced, equiv. to foramin (s. of foramen) FORAMEN + atus ATE1] * * * …
12root — 1. The primary or beginning portion of any part, as of a nerve at its origin from the brainstem or spinal cord. SYN: radix (1) [TA]. 2. SYN: r. of tooth. 3. The descending underground …
13tract — An elongated area, e.g., path, track, way. SEE ALSO: fascicle. SYN: tractus. [L. tractus, a drawing out] alimentary t. SYN: digestive t.. anterior corticospinal t. uncrossed fibers forming a small bundle in the anterior funiculus of the …
14tractus — SYN: tract. [L. a drawing, drawing out, extent, tract, fr. traho, pp. t., to draw] t. anterolaterales SYN: anterolateral system. t. bulboreticulospinalis [TA] SYN: bulboreticulospinal tract. t. caeruleospinalis [TA] SYN: caerulospinal tract. t.… …
15penetrable — I adjective able to be pierced, absorbent, accessible, agape, ajar, assailable, attackable, conquerable, dehiscent, foraminated, foraminous, gaping, open, opened, passable, penetrabilis, perforable, perforated, permeable, pervious, pervius,… …
16tractus spiralis foraminosus — [TA] foraminous spiral tract: a spiral area on the fundus of the internal acoustic meatus, below the crista transversa and in front of the area vestibularis inferior; it corresponds to the base of the cochlea and is perforated with numerous holes …
17opening — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Open space Nouns 1. opening, hole, foramen; aperture, yawning, oscitancy, dehiscence; chasm (see interval); breach. 2. (small opening) puncture, perforation, scuttle; pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole …
18foraminated — a. Perforated, foraminous, with an opening or orifice …
19cracked — adj 1. broken, crackled, fractured, chipped, chinky, rimose; fissured, split, cloven, reft, rent, agape, dehiscent; holey, foraminous, pervious, leaky. 2. damaged, injured, marred, impaired; faulty, imperfect, defective. 3.Informal. mad, insane,… …
20foraminate — /fəˈræmənət/ (say fuh ramuhnuht), / neɪt/ (say nayt) adjective full of holes or foramina. Also, foraminous …
