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fornix

N โครงสร้าง ที่ โค้ง  ส่วน ที่ มี ส่วนโค้ง ปกคลุม อยู่ 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FORNIX

For "nix, n.; pl. Fornices. Etym: [L., an arch. ] (Anat. )(a ) An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva. (b ) Esp. , two longitudinal bands of white nervous tissue beneath the lateral ventricles of the brain.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fornix

for nix |ˈfôrniks ˈfɔrnɪks | noun ( pl. fornices |-nəˌsēz | ) Anatomy a vaulted or arched structure in the body, in particular: (also fornix cerebri |ˈserəˌbrī, ˈkerəˌbrē |) a triangular area of white matter in the mammalian brain between the hippocampus and the hypothalamus. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Latin, literally arch, vaulted chamber.

 

Oxford Dictionary

fornix

fornix |ˈfɔːnɪks | noun ( pl. fornices |ˈfɔːnɪsiːz | ) Anatomy a vaulted or arched structure in the body, in particular: (also fornix cerebri |ˈsɛrɪbrʌɪ |) a triangular area of white matter in the mammalian brain between the hippocampus and the hypothalamus. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from Latin, literally arch, vaulted chamber .

 

Duden Dictionary

Fornix

For nix Substantiv, maskulin Medizin , der |F o rnix |der Fornix; Genitiv: des Fornix, Plural: die Fornices |[…t͜seːs ] |lateinisch Wölbung, gewölbter Teil eines Organs