falciform
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin falx (“sickle”) + -i- + -form (“-shaped”).
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) enPR: fălʹsĭfôrm, IPA(key): /ˈfæl.sɪ.fɔːm/, /ˈfɒl.sɪ.fɔːm/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈfæl.sɪ.fɔɹm/
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AdjectiveEdit
falciform (comparative more falciform, superlative most falciform)
- Sickle-shaped.
- 1922: James Joyce, Ulysses, page 627
- What announced the accomplishment of this rise in temperature?
A double falciform ejection of water vapour from under the kettlelid at both sides simultaneously.
- What announced the accomplishment of this rise in temperature?
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2009, Nick Laird, Glover's Mistake:
- David realized he’d been unconsciously pushing his nails into his palms, leaving little red falciform marks.
- 1922: James Joyce, Ulysses, page 627
Derived termsEdit
- falciform cartilage (anatomy)
- falciformity (rare)
- falciform ligament (anatomy)
- falciform process (anatomy)
Related termsEdit
Related terms
- falcade (horsemanship)
- falcate (anatomy, botany, and zoölogy)
- falcated (astronomy; also, obsolete in botany and zoölogy)
- falcation (obsolete)
- falchion
- case of falchions (sword-play, obsolete)
- double falchion (sword-play, obsolete)
- single falchion (sword-play, obsolete)
- falciferous (rare)
- falciparum (pathology)
- falconet
- falcon-gentle
- falconine (zoölogy)
- falconry
- falculate
TranslationsEdit
sickle-shaped
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ReferencesEdit
- “falciform, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]