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English noun: fornix

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


Broader (hypernym)body part

2. fornix (body) 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


Broader (hypernym)fascicle, fasciculus, fiber bundle, fibre bundle


Part holonymcarina fornicis


Part meronymlimbic brain, limbic system, visceral brain









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