Circumvallate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Circumvallate \Cir`cum*val"late\, v. t. [L. circumvallatus, p.
     p. of circumvallare to surround with a wall; circum + vallare
     to wall, fr. vallum rampart.]
     To surround with a rampart or wall. --Johnson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Circumvallate \Cir`cum*val"late\, a.
     1. Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.
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     2. (Anat.) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation; as, the
        circumvallate papill[ae], near the base of the tongue.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  circumvallate
       v : surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification