See Also: circumvallate(medicine)
circumvallate(1)(dictionary)
circumvallate(2)(dictionary)
circumvallate papilla(medicine)

circumvallate(1) (iou)



circumvallate adjective. M17.
[Latin circumvallatus pa. pple, formed as CIRCUMVALLATE verb: see -ATE2.]
Surrounded (as) with a rampart; spec. designating certain papillae near the back of the tongue, surrounded by taste receptors.