Definition of Velum. Meaning of Velum. Synonyms of Velum

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Definition of Velum

Velum
Velum Ve"lum, n.; pl. Vela. [L., an awning, a veil. See Veil.] 1. (Anat.) Curtain or covering; -- applied to various membranous partitions, especially to the soft palate. See under Palate. 2. (Bot.) (a) See Veil, n., 3 (b) . (b) A thin membrane surrounding the sporocarps of quillworts Isoetes). 3. (Zo["o]l.) A veil-like organ or part. Especially: (a) The circular membrane that partially incloses the space beneath the umbrella of hydroid medus[ae]. (b) A delicate funnel-like membrane around the flagellum of certain Infusoria. See Illust. a of Protozoa.

Meaning of Velum from wikipedia

- Look up velum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Velum may refer to: Superior medullary velum, anterior medullary velum or valve of Vieussens, white matter...
- The soft palate (also known as the velum, palatal velum, or muscular palate) is, in mammals, the soft tissue constituting the back of the roof of the mouth...
- The inferior medullary velum (posterior medullary velum) is a thin layer of white substance, prolonged from the white center of the cerebellum, above and...
- soft palate, the back part of the roof of the mouth (also known as the "velum"). Since the velar region of the roof of the mouth is relatively extensive...
- ****ulonimbus velum (Cb vel) (from the Latin ****ulonimbus, "column-rain" + velum, "veil") is a ****ulonimbus cloud with an accessory cloud veil wrapped around...
- sounds are lingual ingressive or velaric ingressive (from the tongue and the velum), glottalic ingressive (from the glottis), and pulmonic ingressive (from...
- velum that extends beyond the s**** as a single or multi-lobed structure used for swimming and particulate food collection: veliger signifies "velum bearer...
- Velum Mayilum Thunai (/veɪlum/ transl. Succour of Spear and Pea****) is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language devotional film directed and written by Ra. Sankaran...
- opened by lowering the velum, but the timing of both events does not coincide. A prenasalized stop starts out with a lowered velum that raises during the...
- fourth ventricle. The arrow is in the median aperture. 1: Inferior medullary velum 2: Choroid plexus 3: Cisterna magna of subarachnoid space 4: Central canal...