See Also: venous plexus of foramen ovale(medicine)
venous foramen(medicine)
Venous plexus(medicine)
sacral venous plexus(medicine)
rectal venous plexus(medicine)
prostatic venous plexus(medicine)
suboccipital venous plexus(medicine)
batson venous plexus(medicine)
vaginal venous plexus(medicine)
uterine venous plexus(medicine)

venous plexus of foramen ovale (medicine) and stifling (oh)


venous plexus of foramen ovale (medicine)


venous plexus of foramen ovale


A venous network around the mandibular nerve connecting the cavernous sinus and the pterygoid plexus.

Synonym: plexus venosus foraminis ovalis, rete foraminis ovalis.


stifling (oh)



a room or weather that is stifling is very hot and uncomfortable, so that it seems difficult to breathe
::a stifling, crowded train
::the stifling heat of the tropics
a situation that is stifling stops you from developing your own ideas and character
::an emotionally stifling relationship