Fusiform
1Fusiform — means having a spindle like shape that is wide in the middle and tapers at both ends.* Aneurysms can be classified as saccular or fusiform * In botany, a fusiform cell or other plant structure is spindle like and tapers at both ends * A body… …
2fusiform — FUSIFÓRM, Ă, fusiformi, e, adj. Care are formă de fus1 (I 1). [var.: fuzifórm, ă adj.] – Din fr. fusiforme. Trimis de ana zecheru, 14.05.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 fusifórm adj. m., pl. fusifórmi; …
3Fusiform — Fu si*form, a. [L. fusus spindle + form: cf. F. fusiforme.] Shaped like a spindle; shaped like a cylinder that tapers at each end; as, a fusiform root; a fusiform cell. Syn: cigar shaped. [1913 Webster] …
4fusiform — spindle shaped, 1746, from L. fusus “spindle” (see FUSE (Cf. fuse) (n.)) + FORM (Cf. form) …
5fusiform — [fyo͞o′zi fôrm΄, fyo͞o′sifôm΄] adj. [< L fusus, a spindle + FORM] rounded, broadest in the middle, and tapering toward each end; spindle shaped …
6Fusiform — Formed like a spindle, wider in the middle and tapering toward the ends. An aneurysm may be fusiform. The word “fusiform” comes from the Latin “fusus” meaning “spindle.” * * * Spindle shaped; tapering at both ends. [L. fusus, a spindle, + forma,… …
7fusiform — adjective Etymology: Latin fusus spindle Date: 1746 tapering toward each end < fusiform bacteria > …
8Fusiform and dolichoectatic aneurysms — Fusiform dolichoectatic aneurysms are another type of brain aneurysm. Fusiform dolichoectatic aneurysms lack distinct neck. They represent a widening of a segment of an artery around the entire vessel rather than just arising from a side of an… …
9Fusiform gyrus — Brain: Fusiform gyrus Medial surface of left cerebral hemisphere. (Fusiform gyrus visible near bottom) …
10Fusiform face area — The Fusiform face area (FFA) is a part of the human visual system which seems to specialize in facial recognition, although there is also good evidence that it also processes categorical information about other objects. AnatomyThe FFA is located… …
