See Also: fossa ovarica(medicine)
fimbria ovarica(medicine)
arteria ovarica(medicine)
bursa ovarica(medicine)
vena ovarica dextra(medicine)
vena ovarica sinistra(medicine)
fossa(2)(dictionary)
PIT, fossa(law)
Fossa(medicine)
Fossa(health)

expansible (iou) and fossa ovarica (medicine)


expansible (iou)



expansible adjective. L17.
[from Latin expans- pa. ppl stem of expandere EXPAND: see -IBLE.]
Able to be enlarged or expanded, esp. by heat. L17.
Able to be opened or spread out. M18.
expansi'bility noun E18.

fossa ovarica (medicine)


fossa ovarica -->
ovarian fossa


A depression in the parietal peritoneum of the pelvis; it is bounded in front by the obliterated umbilical artery, and behind by the ureter and the uterine vessels; it lodges the ovary.

Synonym: fossa ovarica, Claudius' fossa.