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noun
An archlike or vaulted structure or fold:
The junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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noun
An archlike or vaulted structure or fold:
The vaulted upper part of the vagina surrounding the uterine cervix.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: trigonum cerebrale
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Broader terms: fiber bundle, fibre bundle, fascicle, fasciculus
noun
generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: body part
History
Borrowing from Latin fornix (“an arch, vault”).
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
