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fornix
Overview of noun fornix
The noun fornix has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fornix -- (generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space))
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)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fornix
2 senses of fornix
Sense 1
fornix
=> body part
=> part, piece
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
fornix, trigonum cerebrale
=> fiber bundle, fibre bundle, fascicle, fasciculus
=> nervous tissue, nerve tissue
=> animal tissue
=> tissue
=> body part
=> part, piece
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun fornix
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fornix
2 senses of fornix
Sense 1
fornix
=> body part
Sense 2
fornix, trigonum cerebrale
=> fiber bundle, fibre bundle, fascicle, fasciculus
Antonyms of noun fornix
Member Holonyms of noun fornix
Substance Holonyms of noun fornix
Part Holonyms of noun fornix
1 of 2 senses of fornix
Sense 2
fornix, trigonum cerebrale
PART OF: limbic system, visceral brain, limbic brain
Member Meronyms of noun fornix
Substance Meronyms of noun fornix
Part Meronyms of noun fornix
1 of 2 senses of fornix
Sense 2
fornix, trigonum cerebrale
HAS PART: carina fornicis
Meronyms of noun fornix
1 of 2 senses of fornix
Sense 2
fornix, trigonum cerebrale
HAS PART: carina fornicis
Holonyms of noun fornix
1 of 2 senses of fornix
Sense 2
fornix, trigonum cerebrale
PART OF: limbic system, visceral brain, limbic brain
Attributes of noun fornix
Derived Forms of noun fornix
Domain of noun fornix
Domain Terms of noun fornix
Familiarity of noun fornix
fornix used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun fornix
2 senses of fornix
Sense 1
fornix
> body part
=> saddle
=> underpart
=> horseback
=> dock
=> ambulacrum
=> withers
=> cannon, shank
=> loin, lumbus
=> hindquarters, croup, croupe, rump
=> gaskin
=> flank
=> thorax
=> apparatus
=> adnexa, annexa
=> area, region
=> dilator
=> groove, vallecula
=> septum
=> external body part
=> structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
=> fornix
=> system
=> ampulla
=> tissue
=> mentum
=> organ
=> venter
=> energid, protoplast
=> process, outgrowth, appendage
=> lobe
=> rectum
=> shoulder
=> torso, trunk, body
=> thorax, chest, pectus
=> breast
=> thorax
=> hip
=> haunch
=> abdomen, venter, stomach, belly
=> dorsum
=> back, dorsum
=> small
=> buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
=> buttock, cheek
=> stump
=> shank
=> shin
=> toe
=> joint, articulation, articulatio
=> loins
=> feature, lineament
=> rudiment
Sense 2
fornix, trigonum cerebrale
> fiber bundle, fibre bundle, fascicle, fasciculus
=> fornix, trigonum cerebrale
=> nerve, nervus
Meronyms of noun fornix
2 senses of fornix
Sense 1
fornix
=> body part
HAS PART: corpus
Sense 2
fornix, trigonum cerebrale
HAS PART: carina fornicis
=> fiber bundle, fibre bundle, fascicle, fasciculus
=> nervous tissue, nerve tissue
=> animal tissue
=> tissue
=> body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun fornix
1 of 2 senses of fornix
Sense 2
fornix, trigonum cerebrale
PART OF: limbic system, visceral brain, limbic brain
Grep of noun fornix
fornix
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