circumvallate
Americanadjective
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surrounded by or as if by a rampart.
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Anatomy. surrounded by a depression or wall-like ridge.
verb (used with object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of circumvallate
1655–65; < Latin circumvallātus (past participle of circumvallāre to surround with a wall), equivalent to circum- circum- + vall ( um ) rampart, wall + -ātus -ate 1
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The large circumvallate papillae contain up to 100 taste buds and form a V near the posterior margin of the tongue.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Finally, there are circumvallate papillae, which are wall-like papillae in the shape of an inverted “V” at the back of the tongue.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The scenery was a magnificence of circumvallate mountains.
From Time Magazine Archive
Taste is most acute in or near the circumvallate papillæ.
From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.
The circumvallate are from seven to twelve in number and lie near the root of the tongue, arranged in the form of a V, with its open angle turned forward.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
Theme of "The Cat, a Goldfinch and the Stars" is that every individualized consciousness is circumvallated by whatever body it may inhabit.
From Time Magazine Archive
And floating away, these vapors blended with the faint mist, as of a cataract, hovering over the circumvallating reef.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I by Melville, Herman
But through the gloom, and on the circumvallating reef, the breakers dashed ghost-white.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman
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