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urethral lacuna (medicine) and courbette (iou)


urethral lacuna (medicine)


urethral lacuna


One of a number of little recesses in the mucous membrane of the spongy urethra into which empty the ducts of the urethral glands.

Synonym: lacuna urethralis, Morgagni's lacuna.


courbette (iou)



courbette noun. M17.
[French from Italian corvetta: see CURVET.]
A leap in haute ecole in which a trained horse rears up and jumps forward on the hind legs without the forelegs' touching the ground.