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- Latin · derived fromclīvus“slope, hill”
- English todayclivus
Derived from Latin clīvus (“slope, hill”).
Words from the same roots
Latinclīvus all →
clivity
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clivus
cli·vusToday it means: Part of the cranium at the skull base, a shallow depression behind the dorsum sellae that slopes obliquely backward. Full definition →
Latin clīvus