velum
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It commences in the form of a small white aphthous sore; which usually attacks the velum or posterior part of the pharynx, mostly the latter.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
In boisterous weather, as we learn from Martial and other authors, these difficulties were so great that the velum could not be spread.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
It dips into the fissures between the convolutions, and a wide prolongation, named velum interpositum, lies in the interior of the cerebrum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
The preconchylian invagination or shell-gland is formed in the embryo behind the velum, on the surface opposite the blastopore.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
Head broad, surrounded by a funnel-shaped velum or hood; no radula; dorsal appendages foliaceous.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
