TENTORIUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("tentorium" is a kind of...):

fold; plica (a folded part (as in skin or muscle))

Meronyms (substance of "tentorium"):

dura; dura mater (the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges)

Domain category:

anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)

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