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Circumvallate

/sɜːkəmˈvæleɪt/

To surround with, or as if with, a rampart.

📖 Definitions of "Circumvallate"

verb
  1. 1

    To surround with, or as if with, a rampart.

adjective
  1. 1

    Surrounded with a wall; enclosed with a rampart.

  2. 2

    Surrounded by a ridge or elevation.

    "circumvallate papillae, near the base of the tongue"

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