Lannelongue — Odilon M., French surgeon and pathologist, 1840–1911. See L. foramina, under foramen, L. ligaments, under ligament … Medical dictionary
Odilon Lannelongue — Odilon Marc Lannelongue (December 4, 1840 – December 22, 1911) was a French surgeon who was a native of Castéra Verduzan. In 1867 he earned his medical doctorate at Paris, where he was a student of Charles Pierre Denonvilliers (1808–1872) and… … Wikipedia
Foramen — A natural opening. Although a foramen is usually through bone, it can be an opening through other types of tissue, as with the foramen ovale. * * * An aperture or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure. SYN: trema (1). [L. an… … Medical dictionary
opening — A gap in or entrance to an organ, tube, or cavity. SEE ALSO: aperture, fossa, ostium, orifice, pore. access o. SYN: access. aortic o. SYN: aortic hiatus … Medical dictionary