fornix

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An archlike or vaulted structure or fold:
The junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera.
A triangular area of white matter in the mammalian brain beneath the corpus callosum and between the hippocampus and the hypothalamus.
The vaulted upper part of the vagina surrounding the uterine cervix.

/ˈfɔː(ɹ).nɪks/

fornix fornices

Borrowing from Latin fornix (“an arch, vault”).

fornical fornicate forniceal fornix vaginae

Catalan: fòrnix Chinese Mandarin: 穹窿 Finnish: holvi Finnish: pohjukka Spanish: fórnix

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