MANDIBULAR FOSSA

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 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 mandible

  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)