OBTURATOR FORAMEN
\ɒbt͡ʃəɹˈe͡ɪtə fˈɔːɹe͡ɪmˌɛn], \ɒbtʃəɹˈeɪtə fˈɔːɹeɪmˌɛn], \ɒ_b_tʃ_ə_ɹ_ˈeɪ_t_ə f_ˈɔː_ɹ_eɪ_m_ˌɛ_n]\
Definitions of OBTURATOR FORAMEN
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The large ovoid opening in the innominate bone, internal and inferior to the acetabulum. It is closed in by a fibrous membrane, except near its outer and upper edge, where an aperture is left for the passage of the obturator vessels and nerves.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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