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falx cerebelli,/aftfo strtfrltl'-li (L. 



falx, a reaping-hook ; cerebellum, 

 a little brain), in anat., a small 

 triangular process of the dura 

 mater received into the indent- 

 ation between the two lateral 

 lobes of the cerebellum behind : 

 falx cerebri, ser'eb-ri (L. c&reb- 

 rum, the brain, c&rebri, of the 

 brain), a strong arched process of 

 the dura mater, which descends 

 vertically in the longitudinal 

 fissure between the two hemi- 

 spheres of the brain so named 

 from its sickle-like form. 



Family, n., fdm'il-i (L. familia, 

 a family or household; J.famille), 

 the systematic name for the 

 group above a Genus and below 

 an Order; often used in a loose 

 and general sense for Kind, Tribe, 

 or Order. 



farcy, n., fdrs'i (It. farcina, F. 



farcin), a disease allied to 

 glanders. 



farina, n., fdr-ln'-d (L. farina, 

 meal from far, grain), meal or 

 flour ; the dust or pollen of 

 plants: farinaceous, a., far'-m- 

 af-sUus, mealy; having the tex- 

 ture or consistence of flour ; 

 chaffy: farinose, a., fdr^m-oz, 

 in bot., covered with a white, 

 mealy powder. 



fascia, n.,fa^si-d, fasciae, n. plu., 

 fds f 'Si>e (L. fascia, a bandage, a 

 swathe), a surgical bandage ; a 

 membranous lamina of a variable 

 extent and thickness, investing 

 and protecting as a sheath a 

 delicate organ of the body : fascia 

 dentata, dent-at'-d (L. dentdtus, 

 toothed from dens, a tooth, 

 dentis, of a tooth), a serrated band 

 of grey substance in the lower 

 boundary or floor of the middle 

 or descending cornu of the cereb- 

 rum: f. lata, Idt'-d (L. latus, 

 broad), a broad, dense, fibrous 

 aponeurosis, which forms a uni- 

 form investment for the upper 

 part of the thigh: f. obturator, 

 '-dr (L. obturo, I stop up; 



obturator, that which stops up), 

 a fascia which descends and 

 covers the obturator interims 

 muscle : f. palmar, palm'-ar (L. 

 palmdris, a hand's- breadth from 

 palma, the palm, the hand), a 

 strong aponeurosis on the palm 

 of the hand : f. plantar, pldnt'-ar 

 (L. plantdris, belonging to the 

 sole of the foot from planta, 

 the sole), a fibrous membrane on 

 the sole of the foot, stronger and 

 thicker than any other. 



fasciated, a., fds'-si-at-ed (L. 



fascia, a bandage), bound with a 

 bandage ; in bot., having a stem 

 flattened out ; having several leaf- 

 buds united in growth so as to 

 produce a branch presenting a 

 flattened appearance : fasciation, 

 n., fds'-si-a'shun, the act or 

 manner of binding up diseased 

 parts ; in bot., the union of 

 branches or stems in growth 

 presenting a flattened appear- 

 ance. 



fascicle, n., fds'-ik-l, also fascic- 

 ulus, n., faS'ik'-ul-us (L. fascic- 

 ulus, a small bundle homfascia, 

 a bandage), a little bunch; a 

 cluster; in anat, a bundle of 

 muscular fibre: fascicled, a., 



fds'ik>ld, also fasciculated, a., 



fds'ik f -ul>at-ed, the bunches or 

 bundles proceeding from a 

 common point ; arranged in 

 bundles: fasciculate, a., fas-Ik' 

 ul-dt, and fascicular, a., fas-ik'- 

 ul'dr, in same sense as fascicled : 

 fasciculus, n., fds-ik'ul'us, in 

 bot.., a small collection of nearly 

 sessile flowers, forming a dense, 

 flat-topped bunch, as in the 

 sweet-william; same sense as 

 fascicle: fascicular tissue, in bot. t 

 a tissue lying inside another 

 tissue, in which the growth pro- 

 ceeds at one or both ends, so as 

 greatly to elongate it. 



fasciculi grzciles, fas-Mul-l grds'- 

 il-ez (L. fasciculus, a small 

 bundle, fasciculi, small bundles ; 

 gracilis, sing., graciles, plu., 



