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Definition of Fossette
1. n. A little hollow; hence, a dimple.
Definition of Fossette
1. Noun. A little hollow; a dimple. ¹
2. Noun. (medicine) A small, deep-centred ulcer of the transparent cornea. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fossette
1. a small fossa [n -S]
Medical Definition of Fossette
1.
1. A little hollow; hence, a dimple.
2.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fossette
Literary usage of Fossette
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes on Haiti: Made During a Residence in that Republic by Charles Mackenzie (1830)
"... to Cape Haitian—Functionaries—City of the Cape—Society—fossette—
School—Executioner—Christophe—Brutal conduct— ..."
2. A Treatise of cystoscopy and urethroscopy by Georges Luys (1918)
"Anatomic view of the "prostatic fossette," comprised between the posterior margin
of the verumontanum and the bladder neck. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1865)
"Cup very oblique, turned toward the shorter side, with a distinct fossette reaching
from the centre to the shorter side. Radial lamellae 31 in a specimen ..."
4. Bulletin by Kentucky Geological Survey, Kentucky State Geologist (1906)
"at the inner end of the fossette so as to form a curve like the rounded end of
a horse shoe, against which the other primary septa, coming from all ..."
5. The Silurian, Devonian and Irvine Formations of East-central Kentucky by August Frederick Foerste (1906)
"at the inner end of the fossette so as to form a curve like the rounded end of
a hor.se shoe, against which the other primary septa, coming from all ..."
6. The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art by Canadian Institute (1849-1914). (1859)
"In Petraia no transverse diaphragms have been observed, but there is unquestionably
a septal fossette, which in the bottom is divided into two compartments ..."
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