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(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
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vallecula
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Vallecula is an anatomic term for a crevice, depression, or furrow in something. There are a variety of valleculae in the human body , including one between the hemispheres of the brain , on the inferior surface of the cerebellum , in which the medulla ...
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n. (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part [syn: groove ] [also: valleculae (pl)]
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n. (context medical English) A depression or groove in the anatomy.
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vallecula \Val*lec"u*la\, n.; pl. Vallecul[ae] . [NL., dim. fr. L. vallis, valles, a valley.] (Anat.) A groove; a fossa; as, the vallecula, or fossa, which separates the hemispheres of the cerebellum. (Bot.) One of the grooves, or hollows, between the ribs ...