falx

[ falks, fawlks ]

noun

Anatomy.

plural falces

1. a structure shaped like a sickle, as a fold of dura mater separating the cerebral hemispheres.

Other Word Forms

• fal·cial [fal, -sh, uh, l, fawl, -], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of falx¹

1700–10; < New Latin, Latin: sickle

Example Sentences

Between the two halves of the brain is an area called the falx.

From The Guardian

By splitting the falx, the two halves could communicate together and equalize the pressure between her hemispheres.

From The Guardian

Hoc ipsum falx est; haec mora messis erit.

From Project Gutenberg

Falx, falks, n. a sickle-shaped part or process, as of the dura mater of the skull: a chelicera: a poison-fang of a snake: a rotula of a sea-urchin:—pl.

From Project Gutenberg

It seems possibly to be the Latinized form of the Teutonic Falk, though falx is commonly accounted its root.

From Project Gutenberg