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VALLECULA (valleculae)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vallecula mean?
• VALLECULA (noun)
The noun VALLECULA has 1 sense:
1. (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
Familiarity information: VALLECULA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
groove; vallecula
Hypernyms ("vallecula" is a kind of...):
body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)
Domain category:
anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vallecula"):
costal groove (groove between the ribs where the nerves and blood vessels are)
fissure ((anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes)
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