restiform
- (esp of bundles of nerve fibres) shaped like a cord or rope; cordlike
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Word Origin
C19: from New Latin restiformis, from Latin restis a rope + forma shape
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Exophthalmia in animals born of parents in which an injury to the restiform body had produced that protrusion of the eyeball.
Essays on Life, Art and ScienceSamuel Butler
The restiform columns derived from spinal fibres enter the cerebellum and terminate chiefly in its hemispheres.
DegeneracyEugene S. Talbot
restiform
(rĕs′tə-fôrm′)- Having the shape of a rope; ropelike.
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