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Definition of Fossa

1. Noun. A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression).

2. Noun. Monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets.

3. Noun. Largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets.

Definition of Fossa

1. n. A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal fossæ containing the nostrils in most birds.

Definition of Fossa

1. Noun. (anatomy) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth. ¹

2. Noun. (geology) A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon. ¹

3. Noun. A carnivorous mammal endemic to Madagascar, with scientific name ''Cryptoprocta ferox'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fossa

1. a catlike mammal [n -S] / an anatomical depression [n -SAE] : FOSSATE [adj]

Medical Definition of Fossa

1. Origin: L, a ditch. See Fosse. A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal fossae containing the nostrils in most birds. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fossa

fosamprenavir fosamprenavir calcium fosaprepitant foscarnet foscarnets fosfluconazole fosfomycin foshagite foshallasite fosinopril

fosmid fosmidomycin fosmids fosphenytoin foss fossa (current term) fossa acetabuli fossa anthelicis fossa axillaris fossa canina

fossa carotica fossa cat fossa condylaris fossa coronoidea humeri fossa cranii anterior fossa cranii media fossa cranii posterior fossa cubitalis fossa digastrica fossa ductus venosi

Literary usage of Fossa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"It serves to connect the spheno-maxillary fossa with the zygomatic fossa, ... The Spheno-maxillary fossa is a small, triangular space situated at the angle ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"This fossa is deeply concave in front, convex behind, traversed by grooves ... The Zygomatic fossa. The Zygomatic fossa is an irregularly shaped cavity, ..."

3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The temporal fossa is bounded above and behind by the temporal lines, which extend ... Laterally the fossa is limited by the zygomatic arch, formed by the ..."

4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"The chief interest in this last specimen, says Lockwood, lay in the fact that the vermiform appendix, lying only partially herniated into this fossa, ..."

5. Brain and spinal cord: a manual for the study of the morphology and fibre by Emil Villiger (1918)
"The floor of the fourth ventricle, the fossa rhomboidea, is, ... The part of the fossa included between the medullary striae constitutes the pars intermedia ..."

6. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1896)
"Observations on the fossa Capitis and a Tubercle in the Trochanteric fossa.—DR. ... The fossa capitis, which in the human femur is found at the extremity of ..."

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