Noun: helix
| Singular | helix |
| Plural | helixes; helices |
Nouns inflected like helix
ectocervix,
symmetric matrix,
rock hyrax,
triangular matrix,
bostryx,
conic section directrix,
hemothorax,
bisectrix,
Cape hyrax,
coadjutrix,
interaction matrix,
instructrix,
paracervix,
Jordan matrix,
supermatrix,
Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix,
endocervix,
prothorax,
subappendix,
co-adjutrix, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin helix, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “something twisted or spiral”). See: Latin Nouns '
helix', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἕλιξ'.