FALX

Etymology

Noun

falx (plural falxes or falces)

(historical) A short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.

Any sickle-shaped part or process.

(anatomy) A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum, especially one of the partition-like folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.

(anatomy) A chelicera.

(anatomy) A snake's poison fang.

(anatomy) A rotula of a sea urchin.

Anagrams

• Flax, flax

Source: Wiktionary


Falx, n. Etym: [L., a sickle.] (Anat.)

Definition: A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum; esp., one of the partitionlike folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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