fusiform

English

Spindle with yarn.

Muscle shapes, fusiform on the left

Etymology

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

Adjective

fusiform (comparative more fusiform, superlative most fusiform)

1. (chiefly botany, zoology) Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.

   Fusobacteria are fusiform bacilli (spindled rods).

   Acorns come in spherical and fusiform varieties.

Synonyms

• spindle-shaped

Derived terms

• bifusiform
• fusiform gyrus

Related terms

• fusee

Translations

spindle-shaped

• Bulgarian: вретеновиден (bg) (vretenoviden)
• Finnish: sukkulamainen
• French: fusiforme (fr)
• Greek: ατρακτοειδής (el) m or f (atraktoeidís)
• Portuguese: fusiforme (pt)
• Russian: веретенообра́зный (ru) (veretenoobráznyj)
• Spanish: fusiforme (es)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fusiforme.

Adjective

fusiform m or n (feminine singular fusiformă, masculine plural fusiformi, feminine and neuter plural fusiforme)

1. fusiform

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	fusiform		fusiformă		fusiformi	fusiforme
	definite	fusiformul		fusiforma		fusiformii	fusiformele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	fusiform		fusiforme		fusiformi	fusiforme
	definite	fusiformului		fusiformei		fusiformilor	fusiformelor