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circumvallation
cir·cum·val·late C0367700 (sûr′kəm-văl′āt′)tr.v. cir·cum·val·lat·ed, cir·cum·val·lat·ing, cir·cum·val·lates To surround with or as if with a rampart.adj.1. (also -ĭt) Surrounded with or as if with a rampart.2. Anatomy Surrounded by a ridge or raised, wall-like structure.
[Latin circumvallāre, circumvallāt- : circum-, circum- + vallum, rampart with palisades (from vallus, post, stake).]
cir′cum·val·la′tion n.Circumvallation
Circumvallation a line of entrenchments or ramparts around a besieged fortress. Circumvallation was used until the 19th century by the besieging forces to repulse an attack from enemy forces coming to help the besieged. MedicalSeecircumvallate |