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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A barrier; hence, a preventive.
  • noun In anatomy, a thickening at the point of the calamus scriptorius in the membrane roofing the fourth ventricle.

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  • noun anatomy The point in the human brain at which the fourth ventricle narrows to become the central canal of the spinal cord.

Etymologies

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From Latin ōbex ("barrier, wall").

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  • n.¹, An impediment or obstacle; a mental barrier.

    n.², (Anatomy) A small, crescentic fold of white matter that covers the inferior angle of the floor of the fourth ventricle.

    September 6, 2008