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fossa ovarica (medicine) and retrait(2) (iou)


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.


retrait(2) (iou)



retrait noun2.rare (Spenser). Only in L16.
[Alt. of Italian RITRATTO, perh. after portrait or infl. by RETRAIT noun1 & verb.]
Portraiture; a portrait.