falx
Americannoun
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falces
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Origin of falx
1700–10; < New Latin, Latin: sickle
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Between the two halves of the brain is an area called the falx.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 5, 2015
By splitting the falx, the two halves could communicate together and equalize the pressure between her hemispheres.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 5, 2015
It is located midsagittally between the meningeal and periosteal layers of the dura mater within the falx cerebri and, at first glance in images or models, can be mistaken for the subarachnoid space.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
What is the use of the falx cerebri?
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter
The skull is rather flattened upon the upper surface: its cavity is capacious, and there is a boney process projecting from the cranium, in place of the falx or dura mater.
From An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 by David Collins
They did nothing so vulgar and natural as to make use of their falces, and never once actually touched each other, but the fight was none the less deadly.
From The Naturalist in La Plata by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
In other she carries it in her falces until the young are hatched.
From A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. by David Starr Jordan
Their long, shiny black, sickle-shaped falces are dangerous weapons.
From The Naturalist in La Plata by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
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