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falx
a structure shaped like a sickle, as a fold of dura mater separating the cerebral hemispheres. -
hammer and sickle
the emblem of the Soviet Union, adopted in 1923 and consisting of an insignia of a hammer with its handle across the blade of a sickle and a star above. -
shear
to cut (something). -
sickle cell trait
the usually asymptomatic hereditary condition that occurs when a person inherits from only one parent the abnormal hemoglobin gene characteristic of sickle cell anemia. -
cutter bar
Also called sickle bar. (in a mower, binder, or combine) a bar with triangular guards along which a knife or blade runs. -
falcate
curved like a scythe or sickle; hooked; falciform.