Meanings
nounfalx cerebri (plural falces cerebrorum)
plural falces cerebrorum
- anatomyThe larger of the two folds of dura mater separating the hemispheres of the brain that lies between the cerebral hemispheres and contains the sagittal sinuses.
Origin
- New Latinfalx cerebrī“the sickle of the brain”
- Englishfalx cerebri
Unadapted borrowing from New Latin falx cerebrī (“the sickle of the brain”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan falç del cervell
- falç del cervellfold of the dura mater
Chinese Mandarin 大腦鐮 /大脑镰
- 大腦鐮 /大脑镰 (dànǎolián)fold of the dura mater
Indonesian selaput sabit otak besar, selaput sabit serebrum
- selaput sabit otak besarfold of the dura mater
- selaput sabit serebrumfold of the dura mater
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