clivus

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In Taylor's case, the first tumor nestled into her clivus bone, the supporting structure for her brain.

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  1. A slope.
  2. Clivus Blumenbachii, clivus ossis sphenoidis or simply
  3. In anatomy, the sloping surface rising from the anterior margin of the foramen magnum to the crest of the dorsum ephippii, formed of the upper surfaces of the basilar process of the occipital bone and of the back part of the body of the sphenoid.
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  • In Taylor's case, the first tumor nestled into her clivus bone, the supporting structure for her brain. —  DailyHerald.com > News
  • The fourth pedestal, that recently discovered near S. Martino ai Monti, was raised at the crossing of two important streets, the _clivus suburanus_ (Via di S. Lucia in S.lci), and the _vicus sobrius_ (Via dei Quattro Cantoni), from which the statue was nicknamed _Mercurius S.brius_, "Mercury the teetotaller." —  Pagan and Christian Rome
 

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  1. Latin, a slope, from clinare (√ *cli), slope, incline, lean: see cline.
 

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