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- New Latin · borrowed fromtentōrium cerebellī“the tent of the cerebellum”
- English todaytentorium cerebelli
Unadapted borrowing from New Latin tentōrium cerebellī (“the tent of the cerebellum”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An arched fold of dura mater that covers the upper surface of the cerebellum, supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum, and has its posterior and lateral border attached to the skull and its anterior border free. Full definition →
Unadapted borrowing from New Latin tentōrium cerebellī (“the tent of the cerebellum”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.