See Also: Cruveilhier's fossa(medicine)
fossa navicularis Cruveilhier(medicine)
Cruveilhier's joint(medicine)
Cruveilhier's plexus(medicine)
Cruveilhier's ligaments(medicine)
Cruveilhier's fascia(medicine)
Cruveilhier's disease(medicine)
Cruveilhier, Jean(encyclopedia)
Cruveilhier, Jean(medicine)
Cruveilhier-Baumgarten murmur(medicine)

felicity (iou) and Cruveilhier's fossa (medicine)


felicity (iou)



felicity noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French felicite from Latin felicitas, from felix, felic- happy: see -ITY.]
The state or an instance of being happy; happiness, bliss. LME.
A cause or source of happiness. LME.
Prosperity, good fortune, Success. Now rare. LME.
b. In pl. Prosperous circumstances; successful enterprises; successes. LME-M18.
c. A stroke of fortune; singular fortunateness (of an occurrence); a fortunate trait. M18.
An appropriateness in invention or expression. E17.
b. A happy inspiration; a well-chosen expression. M17.

Cruveilhier's fossa (medicine)


Cruveilhier's fossa -->
scaphoid fossa


A boat-shaped hollow.

A longitudinal hollow on the posterior surface of the superior portion (root) of the medial pterygoid plate; it gives origin to the tensor veli palati muscle.

Synonym: fossa scaphoidea ossis sphenoidalis, Cruveilhier's fossa, fossa navicularis Cruveilhier, scaphoid fossa of sphenoid bone.

Synonym: scapha.