Circumvallate Definition

sûrkəm-vălāt
circumvallated, circumvallating
verb
To surround with or as with a wall or trench.
Webster's New World
adjective
Surrounded by or as by a wall or trench.
Webster's New World
Surrounded by a ridge or raised, wall-like structure.
American Heritage Medicine

Origin of Circumvallate

  • Latin circumvallāre circumvallāt- circum- circum- vallum rampart with palisades (from vallus post, stake)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin circumvallare, from circum- + vallum ‘rampart’.

    From Wiktionary

Circumvallate Sentence Examples

  • There are two large circumvallate papillae near the base, rather irregular in form, about a quarter of an inch in diameter and half an inch apart.

  • Circumvallate placenta-The existence of a thick, round, white, opaque ring around the periphery of the placenta that limits the expansion of the fetal vessels.

  • In most species there are three circumvallate papillae at the base, and the apical portion is generally covered with small, thread-like papillae, some of which in the porcupines become greatly enlarged, forming toothed spines.

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