fusiform

English

Etymology

From Latin fusus (“spindle”) + -iform.

Adjective

fusiform (comparative more fusiform, superlative most fusiform)

1. (chiefly botany, zoology) Shaped like a spindle; tapering at each end.

Translations

spindle-shaped

French: fusiforme (fr) Greek: ατρακτοειδής (el) (atraktoiδís) m. and f.

Russian: веретенообразный (ru) (veretenoobráznyj) Spanish: fusiforme (es)

Derived terms

• fusiform gyrus