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restiform

British  
/ ˈrɛstɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

  1. (esp of bundles of nerve fibres) shaped like a cord or rope; cordlike

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Etymology

Origin of restiform

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....

From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by Romanes, George John

Guinea pigs, showing gangrene of ears due to injury of restiform bodies118 Fig.

From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by Romanes, George John

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

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.

Haematoma and dry gangrene of the ears in animals born of parents in which these ear-alterations had been caused by an injury to the restiform body near the nib of the calamus. 7th.

From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by Romanes, George John

Haematoma and dry gangrene of the ears in animals born of parents in which these ear-alterations had been caused by an injury to the restiform body.

From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by Romanes, George John