any of various natural depressions or crevices, such as certain fissures of the brain
2. botany
a small groove or furrow in a plant stem or fruit
Derived forms
vallecular (valˈlecular) or valleculate (valˈleculate)
adjective
Word origin
C19: from Late Latin: little valley, from Latin vallis valley
Examples of 'valleculae' in a sentence
valleculae
The most common site of foreign body impaction was at the valleculae (30.9%).
Mina Cheng, Wing-Hong Li, Moon-Tong Cheung 2010, 'Oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy for Foreign Body Ingestion: Is It Necessary for Everyone?',Asian Journal of Surgeryhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958410600206. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Results also revealed that residue was generally more common in the valleculae.
Ashwini M. Namasivayam-MacDonald, Luis F. Riquelme 2019, 'Quantifying Airway Invasion and Pharyngeal Residue in Patients with Dementia', Geriatricshttp://www.mdpi.com/2308-3417/4/1/13. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)