See Also: superior petrosal sulcus(medicine)
superior petrosal sinus(medicine)
groove for superior petrosal sinus(medicine)
depredation(dictionary)
depredation(dictionary)
DEPREDATION, French law(law)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
superior gingival branches of superior dental plexus(medicine)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
superior branch of the superior gluteal artery(medicine)

superior petrosal sulcus (medicine) and depredation (iou)


superior petrosal sulcus (medicine)


superior petrosal sulcus -->
groove for superior petrosal sinus


A groove on the crest of the petrous portion of the temporal bone in which rests the superior petrosal sinus.

Synonym: sulcus sinus petrosi superioris, superior petrosal sulcus.


depredation (iou)



depredation noun. L15.
[French depredation from late Latin depraedatio(n-), from depraedat- pa. ppl stem of depraedari, from de- DE- 1 + praedari to plunder: see -ATION.]
The action of plundering, pillaging, or despoiling; an instance of robbery or pillage; in pl., ravages. L15.
A. Fraser The beautiful stained glass..had not survived the depredations of the Parliamentary troops. A. Brookner War and depredation may have raged up and down the coast.
b. Scots Law. The (capital) offence of stealing cattle by armed force. obsolete exc. Hist. L18.
fig.
a. Destructive waste, consumption (of). E-M17.
b. In pl. Harmful effects of natural agents, destructive operations. M17.
A. T. Ellis Tying up some Michaelmas daisies against the depredations of the wind.