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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
fornix .
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- noun Plural form of
fornix .
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Examples
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These arcade dens were called "fornices," from which comes our generic fornication.
Satyricon 2007
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These arcade dens were called "fornices," from which comes our generic fornication.
The Satyricon — Complete 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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These arcade dens were called "fornices," from which comes our generic fornication.
The Satyricon — Volume 06: Editor's Notes 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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So, the system of existential graphs actually requires three dimensions for its representations, although the third dimension in which the torus is embedded can usually be represented in two dimensions by the use of pictorial devices that Peirce called “fornices” or “tunnel-bridges” and by the use of identificational devices that Peirce called
Nobody Knows Nothing 2009
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Haec si apud votarios, monachos, sanctos scilicet homunciones, quid in foro, quid in aula factum suspiceris? quid apud nobiles, quid inter fornices, quam non foeditatem, quam non spurcitiem?
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These houses (lupanaria, fornices, et cet.) were situated, for the most part, in the Second District of the City
Satyricon 2007
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To the recess behind the cervix the term posterior fornix is applied, while the smaller recesses in front and at the sides are called the anterior and lateral fornices.
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In and near the fornices, but more plentiful in the upper than in the lower eyelid, a number of convoluted tubular glands open on the surface of the conjunctiva.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1c. 3. The Accessory Organs of the Eye 1918
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The vaginal portion (portio vaginalis [cervicis]) of the cervix projects free into the anterior wall of the vagina between the anterior and posterior fornices.
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As the terminal portions of the ureters pass forward and medialward to reach the fundus of the bladder, they run close to the lateral fornices of the vagina, and as they enter the bladder are slightly in front of the anterior fornix.
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