Usually means: Opening in heart before birth.
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  1. foramen ovale: Merriam-Webster
  2. foramen ovale: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. foramen ovale: Wiktionary
  4. foramen ovale: Dictionary.com
  5. Foramen ovale (heart), Foramen ovale (skull), Foramen ovale: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. foramen ovale: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. foramen ovale: Legal dictionary

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  1. foramen ovale: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. foramen ovale: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Foramen ovale: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Foramen ovale: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Collaborative Hypertext of Radiology (No longer online)
  7. foramen ovale: Medical dictionary
  8. Foramen ovale: Drug Medical Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (foramen ovale)

noun:  (medicine, anatomy, embryology) An opening in the septum between the right and left atria of the fetal heart that normally closes after birth.

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