foramen magnum

The foramen magnum, the hole through which the spinal cord exits the head, was positioned directly under the skull, implying the child had an erect posture and walked on two legs.
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Paris Magnum: Exhibition runs from December 12, 2014-March 28, 2015.
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Magnum came into being as a cooperative only two years after the conclusion of World War II.
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Overall, Paris Magnum reaches both too widely and too thinly in trying to convey a sense of spectrum.
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Magnum is an entrusted brand, with an irrefutably global reach.
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Catalogue, published by Flammarion (2014), includes photographs from the Magnum Photos archives and text by Éric Hazan.
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He regarded his organ in St. Paul's Cathedral (rebuilt in 1899), as his magnum opus.
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It is remarkable that neither of these observers should have noticed the foramen in the testa.
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In Eutamias townsendii, however, the infraorbital foramen is rounded as much as in the subgenus Eutamias and in the genus Tamias.
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Timor, luctus, gaudium magnum, et aversio hanc impotentiam psychicam efficiunt.
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To behold “Diana unveiled” was equivalent in alchemical terminology to attaining the magnum opus.
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British Dictionary definitions for foramen magnum

foramen magnum

noun

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

Word Origin for foramen magnum

New Latin: large hole

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Medical definitions for foramen magnum

foramen magnum

[ măg′nəm ]

great foramen