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301. unobēdient adj.

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(a) Disobedient; unwilling to subject oneself to a higher authority, law, rule, etc., not submissive; of a patient: unwilling to undergo or persist in medical treatment; ?also, as noun: one who is…

302. ūva n.

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(a) Anat. The uvula; also, the epiglottis; (b) uva passe, a grape or raisin.

303. ūvea n.

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Anat. The middle coating of the eye; also, the outermost portion of this coating, the iris; uvea perforata (tunica).

304. ūvula n.

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Anat. The soft, fleshy tissue hanging down from the middle of the soft palate, the uvula; also, the epiglottis.

305. vacuitẹ̄ n.

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Anat. A hollow space within an organ or part of the body, a cavity.

306. valve n.

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(a) A door or leaf of a folding door; ?also, a doorway or passageway [last quot.]; (b) anat. the female urethral opening; also, the vagina or vulva.

307. vein(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: veine
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Anat. (a) A blood vessel; also in fig. context; also, fig. the blood, the innermost seat of one’s feelings, the heart; the veines of his grucchinge, the essence of his complaint (b) in generalizing…

308. ventricle n.

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Anat. A chamber or cavity within a bodily organ (a) either ventricle of the heart; also, a supposed third ventricle of the heart; lift ventricle; right ventricle; thrid ventricle; (b) any of the four…

309. verbiform adj.

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Anat. (a) Used to designate or describe a particular protuberance or process, perh. the coronoid process or head of the mandible (b) as noun: ?an opening or foramen in the bone; ?the name of some…

310. vertebrum n.

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Anat. The round head of the femur which rests in the hip socket; also, the upper part of the small triangular bone forming the lower extremity of the human spinal column, coccyx.

311. vertex n.

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Anat. The crown or topmost part of the head.

312. veruāl(e adj.

Additional spellings: veruale
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Anat. Referring to the side of the skull, parietal; verual bones, a pair of cranial bones forming most of the top and sides of the skull.

313. vessel n.

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(a) A small, portable container, esp. one for storage or serving of food or drink; a flask, pitcher, jug, cup, dish, pot, etc.; a piece of household tableware, a kitchen utensil, etc.; also, an…

314. villes n. plural

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Anat. Hairlike processes, muscle or nerve fibers; also, tendinous fibers [last quot.].

315. villǒus adj.

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Anat. Having muscle fibers, fibrous.

316. villulāte adj.

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Anat. Fibrous.

317. vōcā̆l adj.

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(a) Of prayer or prayers, a military signal: uttered with the voice, oral; ?also, as noun: a signal made with the voice [quot. a1460, 1st] (b) of labor: performed with the voice; (c) anat. the vocal

318. voidaunce n.

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(a) The act of emptying the stomach; ?also, emptiness of the stomach [cp. voidenes(se n. 1.(a)] (b) the evacuation of earth from an underground area; (c) anat. empty space within the body,…

319. void(e adj.

Additional spellings: voide
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(a) Without contents, empty; also fig. and in fig. context; of a river: empty of water, etc.; of a pen: empty of ink (b) of the stomach or part of the intestinal tract: without food, empty; of the…

320. voidenes(se n.

Additional spellings: voidenesse
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(a) The state of being empty, emptiness; also, the state of being hollow, hollowness; also, hunger; ?also, evacuation of the stomach or bowels [2nd quot., 1st occurrence]; med. with ref. to the body…