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foraminifer
  1. Any of several large aquatic amoeboid protists, of the subphylum Foraminifera, characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm that among other things is used for catching food, often with a calcareous shell with many holes through which pseudopodia protrude.
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    1. “The foraminifer multiplies by fission, or by a process of budding.”
      “Miliolidsdominate benthic foraminifer assemblages reflect decreased circulation and probably reduced oxygen contents or euryhaline conditions.”
      “From piston cores we know that periods of strong heat influx to the arctic realm are characterized by high foraminifer content in Norwegian Sea sediments.”
foraminotomy
  1. (surgery) A medical operation used to relieve pressure on nerves that are being compressed by the intervertebral foramina.
foraminiferan
  1. (zoology, paleontology) An organism of the phylum Foraminifera; a foraminifer.
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    1. “For example, the pink sands of Bermuda get their color from the shells of a foraminiferan called Homotrema rubrum which has pink to red-colored shells.”
      “They are acting as 'place markers,' highlighting a rare species of 'tree' foraminiferan named Notodendrodes antarctikos.”
foramen
  1. (anatomy) an opening, an orifice; a short passage.
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    1. “Archerops further differs from Coelops species in its tall zygomatic process, smaller foramen ovale, and very narrow antorbital bar.”
      “The lateral view provides a good image of the vertebral bodies, facet joints, lordotic curves, disc space height, and intervertebral foramen.”
      “The jugular foramen may be divided into two parts by intrajugular processes.”
foram
  1. A foraminifer
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    1. “The Minister also wish the Patel Family and Mrs Foram Varsani, the Director of the Resort for her successes.”
      Foram Group has landed its first tenant at 600 Brickell, the 40-story office tower slated for completion this summer.”
foraminiferans
  1. plural of foraminiferan
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    1. “It contains a large number of mostly amoeboid organisms, including such significant groups as the radiolarians and foraminiferans.”
      “Limestones of the underlying carbonate ramp sediments are primarily packstones containing numerous foraminiferans but they do not contain decapod fossils.”
      “Thus, although mollusks and foraminiferans of the area have been studied extensively, additional collecting is necessary to fully describe the brachyuran fauna.”
foraminotomies
  1. plural of foraminotomy
foraminifers
foramens
foramina
  1. plural of foramen
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    1. “Their caudal vertebrae differ however, in that those of phlegethontiids exhibit a posterior displacement of the foramina.”
      “The scapulocoracoid is still tripodal, but it is massive and the large foramina present in Eusthenopteron are almost closed.”
      “The lateral margins of palatal foramina are visible at the lateral edges of the anterior margin of the apparently single, large palatal vacuity.”
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