See Also: fossa navicularis urethrae(medicine)
fossa navicularis auriculae(medicine)
fossa navicularis Cruveilhier(medicine)
fossa navicularis vestibulae vaginae(medicine)
tachist(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
NAVICULARIS, civil law(law)
tuberositas ossis navicularis(medicine)
valvula fossae navicularis(medicine)
facies articularis navicularis tali(medicine)

fossa navicularis Cruveilhier (medicine) and tachist (iou)


fossa navicularis Cruveilhier (medicine)


fossa navicularis Cruveilhier -->
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.


tachist (iou)



tachist noun & adjective. . L19.
[French tachiste, formed as TACHISM + -iste -IST.]
Art.
A. noun.
Hist. A person painting in an impressionist or post-impressionist style, usu. by juxtaposing small patches of unmixed colour. Freq. derog. L19.
A practitioner of tachism. M20.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to tachism or its practitioners. M20.