falciform
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of falciform
1760–70; < Latin falci- (stem of falx ) sickle + -form
Example Sentences
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These are the falciform ligament, the coronary ligament, two lateral ligaments, and the ligamentum teres hepatis.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
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
They also are falciform, but one extremity is rounded, the other pointed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
Into the ventral mesentery the liver grows as diverticula from the duodenum, so that some of the mesentery remains as the falciform ligament of the liver and some as the lesser omentum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
Galen, in the second century, taught that those who were born when the moon was falciform, or sickle-shaped, were weak and short-lived, while those born during the full moon were vigorous and of long life.
From Moon Lore by Timothy Harley
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