| 单词 |
fornix |
| 释义 |
fornix|ˈfɔːnɪks| [a. L. fornix arch, vaulted chamber.] Something resembling an arch.a. Anat. esp. an arched formation of the brain.
1681tr. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks. Vocab., Fornix, a hollow place in the brain, bending like an arch. 1799Med. Jrnl. II. 329 The fornix..raised at its anterior extremity. 1881Mivart Cat 268 This fornix is made up of two white cords closely approximated anteriorly. b. Bot. (See quots.)
1823Crabb Technol. Dict. s.v. Arch, Fornix, a small elongation of the corolla, which commonly covers the stamina. 1862M. C. Cooke Man. Bot. Terms, Fornix, arched scales in the orifice of some flowers. c. Conchol. ‘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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