falciform
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- subfalciform adjective
Etymology
Origin of falciform
1760–70; < Latin falci- (stem of falx ) sickle + -form
Example Sentences
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The falciform ligament and ligamentum teres hepatis are actually remnants of the umbilical vein, and separate the right and left lobes anteriorly.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
These are the falciform ligament, the coronary ligament, two lateral ligaments, and the ligamentum teres hepatis.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
There is no trace of the Mongolian falciform fold, and the transverse axis is perfectly horizontal.
From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.
Meyer describes the sand-hills of the Peruvian desert as perfectly falciform in shape and from seven to fifteen feet high, the chord of their arc measuring from twenty to seventy paces.
From The Earth as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.
There was a certain grandeur about his great, dark visage, his falciform nose and meaty jowls as he stood there.
From The Marooner by Summers, Leo
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