falx

[ falks, fawlks ]

noun

, Anatomy.

, plural fal·ces [fal, -seez, fawl, -].

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

Other Words From

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of falx¹

1700–10; < New Latin, Latin: sickle

Example Sentences

From this septum is formed the falx cerebri and other parts.

From Project Gutenberg

It is divided into two hemispheres by the falx cerebri, a partition which follows the middle line of the skull.

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

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Into this cleft dips a portion of the dura mater, called the falx cer´e-bri, from its resembling a sickle.

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Qu (trabes) aut adunco prfigitur ferro, et falx vocatur ab eo quod incurva est, ut de muro extrahat lapides.

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