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GLENOID FOSSA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("glenoid fossa" is a kind of...):
fossa; pit (a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression))
Holonyms ("glenoid fossa" is a part of...):
scapula; shoulder blade; shoulder bone (either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible
Synonyms:
glenoid fossa; mandibular fossa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("glenoid fossa" is a kind of...):
fossa; pit (a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression))
Holonyms ("glenoid fossa" is a part of...):
os temporale; temporal bone (a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear)
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