vallecula

== English == === Etymology === 1859 borrowing from Late Latin vallecula (“a little valley, glen, dell”), diminutive of vallēs (“a valley, vale”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vaˈlɛk.jʊl.ə/ (General American) IPA(key): /væˈlɛk.jəl.ə/, /vəˈlɛk.jəl.ə/ Rhymes: -ɛkjʊlə === Noun === vallecula (plural valleculae or valleculas) (anatomy, botany) A depression, channel, or groove. Coordinate terms: fossa, fovea, fissure, sulcus, cleft, lacuna ==== Derived terms ==== vallecular valleculate === References === “vallecula”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “vallecula”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “vallecula”, in Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Saunders, 2004 === Anagrams === call value == Latin == === Etymology === From vallēs (“a valley, vale”) + -cula (diminutive nominal suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [walˈleː.kʊ.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [valˈlɛː.ku.la] === Noun === vallēcula f (genitive vallēculae); first declension diminutive of vallēs: Late Latin form of vallicula ==== Descendants ==== → English: vallecula Italian: vallecola === References === “vallicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press