yvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

restiform

/ ˈɛɪˌɔː /

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


Discover More

yvlog History and Origins

Origin of restiform1

C19: from New Latin restiformis , from Latin restis a rope + forma shape
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Restiform, res′ti-form, adj. cord-like.—Restiform body, the inferior peduncle of the cerebellum.

From

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

From

I have fully corroborated the statement that injury to a particular spot of the restiform body is quickly followed by a marked protrusion of the eyeball on the same side.

From

Lastly, I should like to remark, with regard to these experiments on restiform bodies, and for the benefit of any one else who may hereafter repeat them, that it will be necessary for him to obtain precise information touching the modus operandi.

From

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

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement