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restiform

/ ˈrɛstɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

  1. (esp of bundles of nerve fibres) shaped like a cord or rope; cordlike
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of restiform1

C19: from New Latin restiformis , from Latin restis a rope + forma shape
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Example Sentences

The restiform columns derived from spinal fibres enter the cerebellum and terminate chiefly in its hemispheres.

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

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