Definition of "falciform" []

• Curved or sickle-shaped; falcate. (adjective)

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• "These lobes are separated by a smooth membrane called the falciform ligament."
• "A double falciform ejection of water vapour from under the kettlelid at both sides simultaneously."
• ""My own observations of the subject have led me to refer the cause of stricture to the thin posterior border (Gimbernat's ligament) of the crural arch, at the part where it is connected to the falciform process.""