VALLECULA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: valleculae

Meaning:

(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part

Synonyms:

groove; vallecula

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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)