temporal fossa

Save This Word!

The space on the side of the cranium bounded by the temporal lines and terminating below at the level of the zygomatic arch.

QUIZ

ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?

We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.

Question 1 of 8

Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?

navy

beryl

azure

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Meet Grammar Coach

Write or paste your essay, email, or story into Grammar Coach and get grammar help

Improve Your Writing

Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing

Words nearby temporal fossa

tempolabile, temporal, temporal arteritis, temporal artery, temporal bone, temporal fossa, temporal gyrus, temporal hour, temporality, temporalize, temporal lobe

How to use temporal fossa in a sentence

Naturalism tells us that mystics had temporal lobe epilepsy.
Eben Alexander Has a GPS for Heaven|Patricia Pearson|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Re-reading your own work, especially at some temporal distance, is a dangerous business.
Kerouac Biographer Gets Back on the Road|Dennis McNally|October 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Compulsive writing, or hypergraphia, is a well-known, if uncommon, symptom of temporal lobe epilepsy.
The Seizure Medication That Turns You Into a Poet|Cat Ferguson|September 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The connection between temporal lobe epilepsy and creativity is well known.
The Seizure Medication That Turns You Into a Poet|Cat Ferguson|September 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But a drug like lamotrigine is not selective, and so it also affects the behavior of the rest of the temporal lobe.
The Seizure Medication That Turns You Into a Poet|Cat Ferguson|September 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As that is not one of their vows, and they do not have charge of temporal matters, the sick have suffered greatly.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
But here it is arranged in temporal sequence, thus giving us a concrete view of the man and his relation to this society.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
They receive temporal good themselves indirectly from a covenant on which they will not take hold.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
Do not postpone the settlement of your affairs, spiritual and temporal, until the last uncertain hours.
Mary, Help of Christians|Various
A very characteristic set of symptoms develops sometimes after injuries in the temporal region or just above it.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley