Usually means: Architectural vaults or arched structures.
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  1. fornices: Merriam-Webster
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  3. fornices: Collins English Dictionary
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  8. Fornices: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Fornices: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. fornices: FreeDictionary.org
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  1. fornices: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. fornices: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Fornices: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. Fornices: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fornix)

noun:  (anatomy) An archlike or vaulted structure or fold:
noun:  The junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera.
noun:  (neuroanatomy) A triangular area of white matter in the mammalian brain beneath the corpus callosum and between the hippocampus and the hypothalamus.
noun:  The vaulted upper part of the vagina surrounding the uterine cervix.
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