(Botany) an association of a fungus and a plant in which the fungus lives within or on the outside of the plant's roots forming a symbiotic or parasitic relationship. See ectotrophic mycorrhiza, endotrophic mycorrhiza. [C19: from myco- + Greek rhiza root]
Medical Definition of POSTERIOR MEDIAN SULCUS. : a shallow groove along the midline of the posterior part of the spinal cord that separates the two posterior funiculi and is the external boundary of the posterior median septum. a shallow groove along the midline of the posterior part of the spinal cord that separates the two posterior funiculi and is the external boundary of the posterior median septum.
The posterior vault distance was defined as the distance from the measurement line of sulcus diameter to the posterior surface of the intraocular lens. Sulcus diameter was defined as the distance of the line that passes just over the haptics between the ciliary sulci.