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語源

From Latin falx (“sickle”, stem falc-) +‎ -iform (“-shaped”).

発音

• (英国発音) enPR: fălʹsĭfôrm, IPA: /ˈfæl.sɪ.fɔːm/, /ˈfɒl.sɪ.fɔːm/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈfæl.sɪ.fɔɹm/

形容詞

falciform (comparative more falciform, superlative most falciform)

1. 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.

   • 2009, Nick Laird, Glover's Mistake:

     David realized he’d been unconsciously pushing his nails into his palms, leaving little red falciform marks.

派生語

• falciform cartilage (anatomy)
• falciformity (rare)
• falciform ligament (anatomy)
• falciform process (anatomy)

関連する語

参照

• “falciform, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]