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fossa
(encz) | fossa, n: |
fossa
(gcide) | fossa \fos"sa\, n.; pl. foss[ae]. [L., a ditch. See Fosse.]
(Anat.)
A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less
depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the
nasal foss[ae] containing the nostrils in most birds.
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fossa
(wn) | fossa
n 1: a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical
depression) [syn: pit, fossa]
2: monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm
civets [syn: Fossa, genus Fossa]
3: largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some
respects between cats and civets [syn: fossa, fossa cat,
Cryptoprocta ferox] |
FOSSA
(bouvier) | FOSSA, Eng. law. A ditch full of water, where formerly women who had
committed a felony were drowned; the grave. Cowel, Int.
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epigastric fossa
(encz) | epigastric fossa, n: |
fossa
(encz) | fossa, n: |
fossa cat
(encz) | fossa cat, n: |
glenoid fossa
(encz) | glenoid fossa, n: |
mandibular fossa
(encz) | mandibular fossa, n: |
fossa
(gcide) | fossa \fos"sa\, n.; pl. foss[ae]. [L., a ditch. See Fosse.]
(Anat.)
A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less
depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the
nasal foss[ae] containing the nostrils in most birds.
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fossae
(gcide) | fossa \fos"sa\, n.; pl. foss[ae]. [L., a ditch. See Fosse.]
(Anat.)
A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less
depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the
nasal foss[ae] containing the nostrils in most birds.
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Fossane
(gcide) | Fossane \Fos"sane`\, n. [Cf. F. fossane.] (Zool.)
A species of civet (Viverra fossa) resembling the genet.
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Pituitary fossa
(gcide) | Pituitary \Pi*tu"i*ta*ry\, a. [L. pituita phlegm, pituite: cf.
F. pituitarie.] (Anat.)
(a) Secreting mucus or phlegm; as, the pituitary membrane, or
the mucous membrane which lines the nasal cavities.
(b) Of or pertaining to the pituitary body; as, the pituitary
fossa.
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Pituitary body or Pituitary gland (Anat.), a a small,
somewhat cherry-shaped endocrine gland, situated in the
pituitary fossa, and suspended from the base of the
hypothalamus; the hypophysis; -- called also {glandula
pituitaria}, and basilaris. It secretes th pituitary
hormones: oxytocin; vasopresin; antidiuretic hormone;
luteinizing hormone; somatotropins; prolactin; thyroid
stimulating hormone; gonadotropins; adrenal corticotropin
and other peptide hormones. It affects all hormonal
functions, and is thus called the "master gland".
Pituitary fossa (Anat.), the ephippium.
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Viverra fossa
(gcide) | Fossane \Fos"sane`\, n. [Cf. F. fossane.] (Zool.)
A species of civet (Viverra fossa) resembling the genet.
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axillary fossa
(wn) | axillary fossa
n 1: the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the
shoulder; "they were up to their armpits in water" [syn:
armpit, axilla, axillary cavity, axillary fossa] |
epigastric fossa
(wn) | epigastric fossa
n 1: a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum
(where a blow can affect the solar plexus) [syn: {pit of
the stomach}, epigastric fossa] |
fossa
(wn) | fossa
n 1: a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical
depression) [syn: pit, fossa]
2: monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm
civets [syn: Fossa, genus Fossa]
3: largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some
respects between cats and civets [syn: fossa, fossa cat,
Cryptoprocta ferox] |
fossa cat
(wn) | fossa cat
n 1: largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some
respects between cats and civets [syn: fossa, {fossa
cat}, Cryptoprocta ferox] |
fossa fossa
(wn) | Fossa fossa
n 1: civet of Madagascar [syn: fanaloka, Fossa fossa] |
genus fossa
(wn) | genus Fossa
n 1: monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to
palm civets [syn: Fossa, genus Fossa] |
glenoid fossa
(wn) | glenoid fossa
n 1: a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the
zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible
[syn: glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa]
2: the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the
head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint [syn: {glenoid
fossa}, glenoid cavity] |
mandibular fossa
(wn) | mandibular fossa
n 1: a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the
zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible
[syn: glenoid fossa, mandibular fossa] |
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