Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fornix

2 senses of fornix

Sense 1
fornix -- (generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space))
       => body part -- (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Sense 2
fornix, trigonum cerebrale -- (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)
       => fiber bundle, fibre bundle, fascicle, fasciculus -- (a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers))