tentorium

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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun tentorium has 1 sense

tentorium(n = noun.body) - (anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum;

CIDE DICTIONARY

tentorium, n. [L., a tent.].

A fold of the dura mater which separates the cerebellum from the cerebrum and often incloses a process or plate of the skull called the bony tentorium. [1913 Webster]