restiform body

[ res-tuh-fawrm ]

noun

, Anatomy.

1. a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.

Word History and Origins

Origin of restiform body¹

1825–35; restiform < New Latin restiformis, equivalent to Latin resti-, combining form of restis rope + -formis -form

Example Sentences

Exophthalmia in animals born of parents in which an injury to the restiform body had produced that protrusion of the eyeball.

From Project Gutenberg