Usually means: Opening in skull for veins.
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  2. Jugular foramen: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. jugular foramen: TheFreeDictionary.com
  4. jugular foramen: Wiktionary

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  1. jugular foramen: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  4. Jugular foramen: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  5. jugular foramen: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (jugular foramen)

noun:  (anatomy) A large irregular opening from the posterior cranial fossa that is bounded anteriorly by the petrous part of the temporal bone and posteriorly by the jugular notch of the occipital bone and that transmits the inferior petrosal sinus, the glossopharyngeal, vagus, and accessory nerves, and the internal jugular vein.

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