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falx

American

[falks, fawlks] / fælks, fɔlks /

noun

Anatomy.

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

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

falcial

adjective

Inflected Forms

noun

falces

plural

Etymology

Origin of falx

1700–10; < New Latin, Latin: sickle

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