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fornix
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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