fossa

English - Turkish

Definition of fossa in English Turkish dictionary

çukur

(Diş Hekimliği) Lt. küçük girinti

(Anatomi) hendek, çukur örn: fossa retromandibularis

Related Terms

cubital fossa

(Nükleer Bilimler) Dirsek çukuru

glanoid fossa

(Diş Hekimliği) fossa temporal kemiğin skuama bölgesinde zygomatik çıkıntının altındaki,içine kondil başının yaslandığı girinti (fossa glandularis)

nasal fossa

geniz

oval fossa of heart

(Anatomi) oval çukur

submaxillary fossa

(Diş Hekimliği) Fovea submaxillaris mandibulae

English - English

Definition of fossa in English English dictionary

A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth

A carnivorous mammal endemic to Madagascar, with scientific name Cryptoprocta ferox

A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon

pl fossae, Long, narrow, shallow depression

a hole or cavity in the coral skeleton

monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets

Literally a "ditch," a shallow depression, concavity, or trough

A long, narrow, shallow depression

largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets

a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull

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

Ditches Long, narrow, shallow depressions They generally occur in groups and are straight or curved

largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets

{i} cavity or depression in a bone (Anatomy)

Related Terms

nasal fossa

Either lateral half of the nasal cavity

glenoid fossa

the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible

ischiorectal fossa

{i} (Anatomy) space shaped as a triangle with its base in the direction of the perineum between the prominence of the ischium and the obturator muscle from the side and the outer anal sphincter and the levator muscle medially

Hyphenation

fos·sa

Etymology

[ 'fä-s& ] (noun.) 1771. From Latin fossa (“ditch”).