Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Anterior to any clivus, especially the clivus of the cerebellum.
- noun A preclival process; specifically, same as
fissura præclivalis orfissura prima .
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Examples
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It is divided by the preclival fissure into an anterior, raised part, the culmen or summit, and a posterior sloped part, the clivus; the quadrangular lobule is similarly divided.
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