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ve⋅lum

  [vee-luhm]
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–noun, plural -la  [-luh] , for 1, 2, -lum for 3.
1. Biology. any of various veillike or curtainlike membranous partitions.
2. Anatomy. the soft palate. See under palate (def. 1).
3. Meteorology. a thin cloud, large in horizontal area, that is draped over or penetrated by cumuliform clouds.
Origin:
1765–75; < L vēlum sail, covering
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ve·lum   (vē'ləm)   
n.   pl. ve·la (-lə)

  1. Biology A covering or partition of thin membranous tissue, such as the veil of a mushroom or a membrane of the brain.

  2. Anatomy The soft palate.

  3. Zoology A ciliated swimming organ that develops in certain larval stages of most marine gastropod mollusks.


[Latin vēlum, veil.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ve·lum
Pronunciation: 'vE-l&m
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural ve·la /-l&/
: a membraneor membranous part resembling a veil or curtain: as a : SOFT PALATE b : SEMILUNAR CUSP
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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velum ve·lum (vē'ləm)
n. pl. ve·la (-lə)

  1. An anatomical structure resembling a veil or curtain. Also called veil, velamen.

  2. See greater omentum.

  3. A serous membrane or membranous envelope or covering.

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