释义 |
peristaphyline, a. Anat.|pɛrɪˈstæfɪlɪn| [ad. mod.L. peristaphylin-us, f. Gr. περί around + σταϕύλινος adj., f. σταϕυλή bunch of grapes, swollen uvula. Cf. mod.F. péristaphylin (Littré).] Situated about the uvula: applied to two muscles, the external peristaphyline (or tensor palati), and the internal peristaphyline (or levator palati).
[1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Peristaphilinus, internus & externus, are Muscles of the Uvula.] 1840G. V. Ellis Anat. 236 The circumflexus palati, or external peristaphyline muscle..consists of a vertical and a horizontal portion. |