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noun
Part of the cranium at the skull base, a shallow depression behind the dorsum sellae that slopes obliquely backward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
A road ascending a slope in Ancient Rome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
Derived from Latin clīvus (“slope, hill”).
