fossa : Idioms & Phrases


axillary fossa

  • noun the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder
    axilla; axillary cavity; armpit.
    • they were up to their armpits in water
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epigastric fossa

  • noun a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus)
    pit of the stomach.
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fossa cat

  • noun largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets
    fossa; Cryptoprocta ferox.
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fossa fossa

  • noun civet of Madagascar
    fanaloka.
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genus fossa

  • noun monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets
    Fossa.
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glenoid fossa

  • noun a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible
    glenoid fossa.
  • noun the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint
    glenoid cavity.
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mandibular fossa

  • noun a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible
    glenoid fossa.
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Pituitary fossa

  • (Anat.), the ephippium.
Webster 1913