Definition of rampart. 1  1 : a protective barrier : bulwark. 2  2 : a broad embankment raised as a fortification and usually surmounted by a parapet. 3  3 : a wall-like ridge (as of rock fragments, earth, or debris)
VATER association. VATER is a mnemonically useful acronym for the nonrandom association of vertebral defects (V), anal atresia (A), tracheoesophageal fistula with esophageal atresia (TE), and radial or renal dysplasia (R).he VATER/VACTERL association is typically defined by the presence of at least three of the following congenital malformations: vertebral anomalies, anal atresia, cardiac malformations, tracheo-esophageal fistula, renal anomalies, and limb abnormalities. The identification of 14 twin ...
Biographical Note for ampulla of vater Vater, Abraham (1684â1751), German anatomist. Vater was a professor of anatomy and botany and later of pathology and therapeutics at Wittenberg. In 1710 he first noted the ampulla that has been named after him, but he did not publish a description of it until 1720. In 1717 he described the terminal capsules of certain sensory nerve fibers.