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fornix
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fornix has 2 senses
- fornix(n = noun.body) Array - generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space); Array is a kind of body part
- fornix(n = noun.body) trigonum cerebrale - an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies; Array has parts: carina fornicis
is a kind of fascicle, fasciculus, fiber bundle, fibre bundle
is a part of limbic brain, limbic system, visceral brain
CIDE DICTIONARY
fornix, n. [L., an arch.].
An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva. [1913 Webster]
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