English Dictionary

MANDIBULAR FOSSA

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does mandibular fossa mean? 

MANDIBULAR FOSSA (noun)
  The noun MANDIBULAR FOSSA has 1 sense:

1. a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandibleplay

  Familiarity information: MANDIBULAR FOSSA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MANDIBULAR FOSSA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

glenoid fossa; mandibular fossa

Hypernyms ("mandibular fossa" is a kind of...):

fossa; pit (a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression))

Holonyms ("mandibular fossa" is a part of...):

os temporale; temporal bone (a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Desperate diseases must have desperate cures." (English proverb)

"Absence makes the heart grow fonder." (Thomas Haynes Bayly)

"Dogs bark, but the caravan moves on." (Arabic proverb)

"That which is written in Heaven, comes to pass on Earth." (Corsican proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact