fornix.
An archlike or vaulted structure or fold:
Meaning & usage
An archlike or vaulted structure or fold: The junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera.
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.
An archlike or vaulted structure or fold: The vaulted upper part of the vagina surrounding the uterine cervix.
Where this word comes from
Borrowing from Latin fornix (“an arch, vault”).
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