falx meaning: definition, etymology

falx

noun

/fælks/ · /fɔlks/

Etymology From Latin falx (“sickle”). Doublet of dalk.

Historical A short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.

› Any sickle-shaped part or process.

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences 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, Medicine, Sciences Dated A chelicera.

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences A snake's poison fang.

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences A rotula of a sea urchin.

Derived terms: falcate, falcial, falcoid, falx cerebelli, falx cerebri