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‖ fossula|ˈfɒsjʊlə|
[L. fossula, dim. of fossa: see fossa1.]
A small fossa; spec. a. Anat. ‘One of the numerous slight depressions on the surface of the cerebrum’ (1894 Gould Dict. Med.). b. Zool. A vacant space representing one of the primitive septa of certain corals; more fully septal fossula.
1843J. G. Wilkinson Swedenborg's Anim. Kingd. I. i. 21 They lie on the base of the tongue in superficial crypts or fossulæ. 1879Nicholson in Encycl. Brit. VI. 382/1 The septal fossula. |