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Meanings of fossa in English
Portuguese
fossa 
Largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets.
Synonyms
Examples for "sulcus"
Examples for "sulcus"
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Background: Various multidisciplinary approaches are taken in the treatment of superior sulcus tumors.
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Objective: Superior sulcus tumors with involvement of the spine have historically been considered unresectable.
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It is part of the frontal lobe and is anterior to the central sulcus.
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The donor site closure was along the auricular sulcus.
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The entrance of the nest was situated in the little sulcus, or ditch, between two bricks.
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Lower margin of mouth notched in the middle; back of cell minutely sulcated; sulci short, interrupted, and irregular.
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Finally, positive CT scans show an isolated widening of the sulci which is fairly suggestive of the disease.
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There was also a chronic leptomeningitis, with numerous streaks and flecks along the sulci, especially in the frontal region.
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Cortical gray matter measurements were not deemed reliable due to the close proximity of CSF in the cortical sulci.
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In general, (1) human-produced sounds yielded robust activation in the bilateral posterior superior temporal sulci independent of task.
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Five patients had tumors that involved two or more fossae.
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The shock from these impacts was felt throughout the asteroid, producing large ditches called fossae around the equator and the northern side.
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Tissue chambers were implanted subcutaneously in the paralumbar fossae of eight calves (256-290 kg body weight).
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Wounds crossing the nasal fossæ were comparatively common.
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Evidence of active landslides is seen at Cerberus Fossae, a set of troughs cut into volcanic plains on Mars.
Usage of fossa in English
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Patients with intact posterior fossa cisterns had good recoveries without surgical treatment.
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SLN varies in different sites, but most frequently located in obturator fossa.
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A patient with a large, long-standing posterior fossa arachnoid cyst was evaluated.
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CT showed a right-sided middle cranial fossa arachnoid cyst in each patient.
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The sergeant major hadn't put in fossa and agger, of course.
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No cases have been previously reported in the cavernous sinus or pituitary fossa.
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No cases of nodal metastasis in the ischiorectal fossa were observed.
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It is not an isolated malformation of the posterior fossa in most cases.
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Salvage treatment followed by posterior-fossa radiotherapy can effectively treat local relapses or progression.
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Eleven patients developed recurrent disease, with ten relapsing first in the posterior fossa.
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In 6 months, left supraclavicular fossa was gradually bulged like tumor.
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Thus, we investigated executive functions in pediatric posterior fossa tumor survivors.
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Myxomas occur most commonly in the left atrium arising from the fossa ovalis.
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Five aneurysms were supratentorial and four were in the posterior fossa.
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All four patients with macroscopic metastases of posterior fossa or multifocal ependymoma died.
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The posterior fossa of the cranium contains the cerebellum and brainstem.
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