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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.
[L. fusus, a spindle,and form.]
Shaped like a spindle.

Definition 2024


fusiform

fusiform

English

Muscle shapes, fusiform on the left

Adjective

fusiform (comparative more fusiform, superlative most fusiform)

  1. (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).

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