velum

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The velum interpositum was very firm; the plexus choroides uncommonly thick, but pale; the opening from the right to the left ventricle large.

From Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart by Warren, John Collins

The room had been built for a smaller studio, and was lit from the roof, blinds being contrived so as to draw like a Roman velum across the glass.

From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by Fenn, George Manville

There is a veliger stage in development, but the velum is reduced.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

The shell is developed on the dorsal surface behind the velum, the foot on the opposite or ventral surface behind the mouth.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

In adolescents and adults, if the cleft is wide and the soft tissues of the palate are thin and atrophied, better physiological results may be obtained by the use of an artificial obturator or velum.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander