English Explanatory Dictionary

sella turcica

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A saddle-shaped depression in the sphenoid bone of the skull in humans and other hominids.

Word forms

sella turcica sellae turcicae sellæ turcicæ

Etymology

Latin: sella + turcica = literally “Turkish chair”.

Synonyms

sella sella equina sella sphenoidalis

Related words

diaphragma sellae turcicae fossa sellae turcicae operculum sellae turcicae pars perpendicularis sellae turcicae processus sellae turcicae sinus circularis sellae turcicae

Derived words

intrasellar subsellar suprasellar
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