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Look up: falx

  1. falx
    A battle-scythe.
    Found on http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/temetfutue/gl

  2. Falx
    Battle-scythe.
    Found on http://www.romans-in-britain.org.uk/glo_

  3. falx
    name applied to any structure comparable to a sickle in shape Category: Medicine
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Falx
    Falx noun [ Latin , a sickle.] (Anat.) 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.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/6

  5. falx
    <anatomy> A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum; especially, one of the partitionlike folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain. ... Origin: L, a sickle. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. Falx
    `Falx` is a latin word originally meaning sickle, but was later used to mean any of a number of tools that had a curved blade that was sharp on the inside edge such as a scythe. Falx was also used to mean a weapon, particularly that of the Thracians and Dacians, and later a siege hook used by the Romans themselves.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falx

  7. falx
    (falks) pl. fal´ces Latin word meaning sickle.. In anatomy, it used to mean a sickle-shaped structure. falx cerebelli the fold of dura mater separating the cerebellar hemispheres. falx cerebri a sickle-shaped fold of dura mater in the longitudinal fissure, w...
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  8. Falx
    • (n.) 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.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. falx
    falx (s), falces (pl) 1. A sickle-shaped structure or tissue. 2. Either the falx cerebri or the falx crebelli.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  10. falx
    A sickle-shaped structure. [L. sickle]
    Found on


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