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GLOSSARY 



Utricle, a little womb or matrix. 

 UvSa, from uva, a bunch of 



grapes ; a cluster. 

 Uvula, a small bunch of grapes. 



Vagina, a scabbard or sheath. 



Vagus, strolling about, wander- 

 ing, vagrant. 



Valgus, bent or turned outwards. 



Vallecula, a little valley. 



Vallum, a rampart. 



Varus, bent or turned inwards. 



Vas (pi. vasa), a vessel. 



Velum, a curtain or veil. 



Veneris, ' of Venus.' 



Ventral, pertaining to the belly. 



Vermiform, liice a worm. 



Vertebra, from verto, ' I turn.' 



Vertex, the top or crown of the 

 head. 



Veru, a dart, javelin, or spear. 



Vesica, the urinary bladder. 



Vescial, pertaining to the urinary 

 bladder. 



Vespertilio, a bat. 



Vestigial, pertaining to a trace. 



Vestigium, a trace or vestige. 



Vibrissa, a stiff hair of the nos- 

 tril. 



Villus, shaggy hair ; a tuft of 

 hair. 



Vinculum, a band or bond. 



Vitelline, pertaining to the yolk 

 of an egg. 



Vitellus, the yolk of an egg. 



Vitreous, like glass, glassy. 



Vola, the palm of the hand. 



Volar, pertaining to the palm ; 

 palmar. 



Vomer, a ploughshare. 



Vorticosse, full of whirlpools, 

 eddying, coiled. 



Vulva, a wrapper or covering. 



Xiphoid, like a sword. 

 Zygoma, a yoke. 



