What does "fornix" mean?

An archlike or vaulted structure or fold:; The junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera.

What is a synonym for "fornix"?

Common synonyms include: cerebellum, cerebral cortex, cerebrum, convolution, fissure, gray matter.

Pronounced //ˈfɔː(ɹ).nɪks//.

//ˈfɔː(ɹ).nɪks// noun

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Noun

1
An archlike or vaulted structure or fold:; The junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera.
2
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 wordnet
3
An archlike or vaulted structure or fold:; A triangular area of white matter in the mammalian brain beneath the corpus callosum and between the hippocampus and the hypothalamus.
4
generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space) wordnet
5
An archlike or vaulted structure or fold:; The vaulted upper part of the vagina surrounding the uterine cervix.

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

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