glenoid fossa vs fossa

glenoid fossa and fossa both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
glenoid fossa	Yes	No	No	No
fossa	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, fossa is a hypernym of glenoid fossa; that is, fossa is a word with a broader meaning than glenoid fossa:

glenoid fossa: the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint
fossa: a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

Other hypernyms of glenoid fossa include pit.

As nouns, fossa is a hypernym of glenoid fossa; that is, fossa is a word with a broader meaning than glenoid fossa:

glenoid fossa: a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible
fossa: a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

Other hypernyms of glenoid fossa include pit.

glenoid fossa (noun)	fossa (noun)
the concavity in the head of the scapula that receives the head of the humerus to form the shoulder joint	largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets
a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible	a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)