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foraminal

foraminal adjective: relating to the foramen.

Adjective

foraminal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the foramen.
    • Although the anterior operative approach is widely utilized for the treatment of cervical radiculopathy, the advantages of posterior cervical foraminotomy in selected cases of nerve root decompression in the posterolateral disc and for the treatment of foraminal stenosis have been well documented.2015 July 28, Masashi Uehara et al., “Mini Open Foraminotomy for Cervical Radiculopathy: A Comparison of Large Tubular and TrimLine Retractors”, in Asian Spine Journal, volume 9, →DOI

Origin of foraminal

From oblique stem of Latin forāmen, forāminis (“opening, aperature, hole”) + -al.

Words formed from foraminal

Questions about foraminal

What does foraminal mean?
Foraminal means relating to the foramen.
What part of speech is foraminal?
Foraminal is an adjective.

Words near foraminal in the dictionary

  1. foramina
  2. foramina ceca
  3. foramina magna
  4. foramina of Monro
  5. foramina spinosa
  6. foraminal
  7. foraminally
  8. foraminate
  9. foraminated
  10. foramination
  11. foraminations

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