fornixn.
/ˈfɔːnɪks/, U.S. /ˈfɔrnɪks/ Something resembling an arch.
a. Anatomy esp. an arched formation of the brain.
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epicranium1603
buttocks of the brain1615
raphe1615
fornix1681
peduncle1707
psalterium1779
mammillary body1828
corona radiata1869
paraphysis1892
1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Fornix, a hollow place in the brain, bending like an arch.
1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 2 329 The fornix..raised at its anterior extremity.
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 268 This fornix is made up of two white cords closely approximated anteriorly.
b. Botany. (See quots.)
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rictus1760
throat1764
fornix1823
1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. at Arch Fornix, a small elongation of the corolla, which commonly covers the stamina.
1862 M. C. Cooke Man. Bot. Terms Fornix, arched scales in the orifice of some flowers.
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c. Conchology. ‘The excavated part of a shell, situated under the umbo. It also signifies the upper or convex shell in the Ostrea’ (Craig 1848).
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