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1. (n.) fornix
any of various arched or vaulted anatomical structures, as the triangular bands of white fibers beneath the corpus callosum of the mammalian brain.
Etymology: (1675–85; < L: vault, arch)
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1. (noun) fornix
generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space)
2. (noun) fornix, 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
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1. (noun) fornix
an arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva
2. (noun) fornix
esp., two longitudinal bands of white nervous tissue beneath the lateral ventricles of the brain
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