See Also: dene-hole(dictionary)
corpus ossis femoris(medicine)
corpus ossis hyoidei(medicine)
corpus ossis ischii(medicine)
corpus ossis pubis(medicine)
corpus ossis ilii(medicine)
corpus ossis sphenoidalis(medicine)
Na-Dene(dictionary)
dene(2)(dictionary)
dene(1)(dictionary)

corpus ossis sphenoidalis (medicine) and dene-hole (iou)


corpus ossis sphenoidalis (medicine)


corpus ossis sphenoidalis -->
body of sphenoid bone


The central portion of the sphenoid bone from which the greater and lesser wings and the pterygoid processes arise. The sphenoidal sinuses lie within it.

Synonym: corpus ossis sphenoidalis.


dene-hole (iou)



dene-hole noun. . M18.
[Origin uncertain: perh. from DANE + HOLE noun1. Assoc. by later archaeologists with DENE noun2 and DEN noun1.]
Archaeology. An ancient excavation of a kind found in chalk-formations in England and France, consisting of a narrow shaft sunk down to the chalk, and there widening out into one or more chambers.