clivus

UK /ˈklaɪvəs/ US /ˈklaɪvəs/

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1

Part of the cranium at the skull base, a shallow depression behind the dorsum sellae that slopes obliquely backward.

2

A road ascending a slope in Ancient Rome.

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i Register

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