Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transforaminal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trans-foram-i-nal
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Through the foramen.

Example Sentences

"The purpose of this paper is to compare the clinical and radiological results of local bone grafts with a cage to morselized impacted bone grafts without cage, in patients undergoing transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) surgery."

Etymology

From trans- + foraminal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: trans

Questions

What does transforaminal mean?: Through the foramen.
Where does transforaminal come from?: From trans- + foraminal.

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