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falciform, a.|ˈfælsɪfɔːm| [f. L. falc-em sickle + -iform.] Sickle-shaped, curved, hooked. Frequent in Anat., as in falciform cartilage, falciform ligament, falciform process, etc.
1766Pennant Zool. (1776) III. 236 Immediately behind this fin was another, tall and falciform. 1787Hunter in Phil. Trans. LXXVII 410 The right lobe is the largest..its falciform ligament broad. 1798Hooper Med. Dict., Falciform process, the falx, a process of the dura mater, that arises from the crista galli, separates the hemispheres of the brain and terminates in the tentorium. 1836Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 13 The fold which passes upwards towards the liver is falciform. 1838Blackw. Mag. XLIII. 650 What a falciform..and warlike organ, leads the van of Wellington's warlike countenance! |