English

Adjective

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.

Derived terms

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

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References

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