Associations to the word «Fusiform»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
FUSIFORM, adjective. (chiefly botany) (zoology) Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.
FUSIFORM GYRI, noun. Plural of fusiform gyrus
FUSIFORM GYRUS, noun. (anatomy) A structure within the temporal lobe of the human brain, believed to be involved in colour processing and the recognition of faces, bodies, and words.
FUSIFORM GYRUSES, noun. Plural of fusiform gyrus
Dictionary definition
FUSIFORM, adjective. Tapering at each end.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.