vallecula (redirected from valleculae)

val·lec·u·la  (v-lky-l, v-)

n. pl. val·lec·u·lae (-l)

A shallow groove, depression, or furrow, as between the hemispheres of the brain.

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[Late Latin, diminutive of Latin valls, valley.]

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val·lecu·lar, val·lecu·late (-lt, -lt) adj.

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vallecula - (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part groove body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity 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 anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals