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General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Clivus, clivus: Wordnik
  2. clivus: Wiktionary
  3. clivus: Dictionary.com
  4. Clivus (anatomy): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. clivus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. clivus: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (clivus)

noun:  (anatomy) Part of the cranium at the skull base, a shallow depression behind the dorsum sellae that slopes obliquely backward.
noun:  (historical) A road ascending a slope in Ancient Rome.

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