tentoriumn.
/tɛnˈtɔːrɪəm/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > a shelter > against weather or storms > roof-like covering of cloth
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1661 J. Evelyn Fumifugium i. 14 If there were a solid Tentorium, or Canopy over London.
2. Anatomy. A membranous (sometimes ossified) partition between the cerebrum and cerebellum.
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tentorium1800
1800 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 90 435 There is a very uncommon peculiarity in it, which is, that there is a bony falx of some breadth, but no bony tentorium.
1801 Home in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 92 78 The tentorium is entirely membranous.
1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 232 The parts of the dura mater or outer membrane of the brain, called ‘tentorium’,..are ossified.
1863 T. H. Huxley Evid. Man's Place Nature ii. 99 What is termed the tentorium—a sort of parchment~like shelf or partition which..is interposed between the cerebrum and cerebellum.
1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 512 In many Mammalia the tentorium is ossified.
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