falx
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of falx
1700–10; < New Latin, Latin: sickle
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By splitting the falx, the two halves could communicate together and equalize the pressure between her hemispheres.
From The Guardian • Sep. 5, 2015
Between the two halves of the brain is an area called the falx.
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
A smaller sickle-shaped vertical mesial band, the falx cerebelli, attached to the internal occipital crest, passes between the two hemispheres of the cerebellum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
Vocabulary.— falcibus = with bill-hooks; falx perh. akin to flect-o = bend, from its shape.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
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