A very small fossula; a tiny groove or pit in anatomical structures.
From fossula with the diminutive suffix -et, literally meaning 'tiny little pit.' Creates a hierarchy of size descriptors in anatomical vocabulary.
The term fossulet shows how scientists create nested size categories—from fossa (large) to fossula (small) to fossulet (tiny)—like Russian nesting dolls of anatomy!
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