fornix

1. 1.

   generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space)

   Broaderbody part
2. 2.

   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

   Synonymstrigonum cerebrale

   Broaderfiber bundle

   Part oflimbic system

   Partscarina fornicis

Other forms of fornix

plural

fornices

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fornix

What does fornix mean?

fornix means "generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fornix?

fornix has 2 syllables: for-nix. The stress falls on "for".

What is another word for fornix?

Close synonyms include trigonum cerebrale. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fornix a common word?

fornix is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.