See Also: Rosenmuller's fossa(medicine)
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Rosenmuller's node(medicine)
Rosenmuller's gland(medicine)
organ of Rosenmuller(medicine)
FOSSA, Eng(law)

popularize (iou) and Rosenmuller's fossa (medicine)


popularize (iou)



popularize verb. Also popularise. L16.
[from POPULAR adjective + -IZE.]
verb intrans. Act popularly; court popular favour. rare. Only in L16.
verb trans. Make popular; spec. (a) cause to be generally known, liked, or admired; (b) make (esp. something technical or scientific) intelligible or attractive to a wide or wider audience. L18.
Tait's Edinburgh Magazine He possesses..the power of seizing upon and popularizing the finer parts of his subject. Time Paul Ecke..who popularized poinsettias as a living symbol of Christmas.
populari'zation noun L18.
popularizer noun M19.

Rosenmuller's fossa (medicine)


Rosenmuller's fossa -->
pharyngeal recess


A slitlike depression in the membranous (non-muscular) pharyngeal wall extending posterior to the opening of the auditory (eustachian) tube.

Synonym: recessus pharyngeus, recessus infundibuliformis, Rosenmuller's fossa, Rosenmuller's recess.