SELLA

(Lat.), n. f. Se2l'la3. T?r.,selle. A seat; a part shaped like a seat or saddle, fa, 48.] S. turcica. Fr., selle turcique. Ger., Sattelgrube, Tiirkensattel. A deep depre ion, resembling a saddle somewhat, upon the upper surface of the body of the sphenoid bone which lodges the pituitary body. [L.] O, no; O", not; Os, whole; Th, thin; Th2, the; U, like oo in too; 351 [s. 471]