fornix

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An archlike or vaulted structure or fold:; The junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera.
  2. 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.
  3. An archlike or vaulted structure or fold:; The vaulted upper part of the vagina surrounding the uterine cervix.

词形变化

fornices plural

词汇关系

衍生词
fornical fornicate forniceal fornix vaginae

词源

Borrowing from Latin fornix (“an arch, vault”).
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