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Webster 1913 Edition
Fusiform
Fu′si-form
,Adj.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fusiform
FU'SIFORM
,Adj.
Shaped like a spindle.
Definition 2024
fusiform
fusiform
English
Muscle shapes, fusiform on the left
Adjective
fusiform (comparative more fusiform, superlative most fusiform)
- (chiefly botany, zoology) Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.
- Fusobacteria are fusiform bacilli (spindled rods).
Translations
spindle-shaped