fusiform

American  

[fyoo-zuh-fawrm] / ˈfyu zəˌfɔrm /

adjective

1. spindle-shaped; rounded and tapering from the middle toward each end, as some roots.

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fusiform British  

/ ˈfjuːzɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. elongated and tapering at both ends; spindle-shaped

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Other Word Forms

• subfusiform adjective

Etymology

Origin of fusiform

1740–50; < Latin fūs ( us ) spindle + -i- + -form

Example Sentences

She had a broad bulge that’s called a fusiform aneurysm, and a coil wouldn’t fix the rupture.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2022

Results showed higher activity in brain regions dedicated to faces, bodies and scenes, compared with the other categories surveyed in the fusiform face area, the extrastriate body area and the parahippocampal place area, respectively.

From Scientific American • Nov. 15, 2021

"Small-headed Child who Power-Lifts with #sharpie_eyes & uncircumcised fusiform fingers struggles to defend #Renoir's painting abilities on social media."

From The Verge • Oct. 12, 2015

However, these children do not lack a fusiform gyrus, nor is there any damage or defect visible to this brain region.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

P. fleshy-waxy, hygr. convex then digitaliform, often umbil.; g. decur. white, thick, fold-like, simple, rarely branched; s. white, ventricosely fusiform.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George