foramen

n. (pl. foramina) an anatomical opening or hole, particularly in a bone. For example, the foramen magnum is a large opening at the base of the skull through which the spinal cord and the vertebral arteries pass.

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Psychology term of the day

November 23rd 2024

transmuting internalization

in self psychology, significant changes and growth that can occur in a patient during treatment as the empathic failures that he or she experienced in early life are recognized and acknowledged by the therapist or analyst. [first described by Austrian-born U.S. psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut (1913–1981)]