fossa

n. (pl. fossae) a hollow or depressed area. In neuroanatomy, fossae range from relatively large areas, such as the anterior cranial fossa, middle cranial fossa, and posterior cranial fossa in the base of the cranium for the lobes of the brain, to small regions, such as the ethmoid fossa for the olfactory bulb and the hypophyseal fossa for the pituitary gland.

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November 22nd 2024

agreement

n. in linguistics, the correct relation between the different grammatical elements of a sentence, so that, for example, the number of the verb corresponds to that of its subject, and the number and gender of a pronoun correspond to those of its noun.