(v. t.) To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.
(v. i.) To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust.
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Falcate
Definition:
(a.) Alt. of Falcated
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(1) The anterior falcate artery (arteria falcea anterior) represents the continuation of the anterior ethmoidal artery.
(2) The anterior falcate artery, mostly paired, is furnished with cross-connections.
(3) In occlusion of the ophthalmic artery, the anterior falcate artery, due to its connections with the middle meningeal artery, may be significant in the establishment of a collateral circulation to the orbit.
(4) Under pathological conditions that affect the dura mater, the falcate artery may appear postnatally in angiograms.
(5) In addition, the anterior falcate artery, by means of arterioarterial connections, is associated with the nearby branches of the frontal ramus that supply the frontal dura.
(6) It was found that, during human ontogenesis, an anterior falcate artery supplies the dura mater of the medial part of the frontal bone.
(7) We have previously reported that some species of migrating ducks (pintail, mallard, widgeon and falcated teal) possess in their sera antibodies against H antigens of human or avian influenza viruses.
(8) The anterior falcate artery, which is the continuation of the anterior ethmoidal, supplies the dura mater in the region of the superior sagittal sinus as far almost as the coronal suture.