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fusiform

 [fu´zĭ-form]
shaped like a spindle; long and thin with tapering ends.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

fu·si·form

(fyū'si-fōrm),
Spindle-shaped; tapering at both ends.
[L. fusus, a spindle, + forma, form]
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fusiform

(fyo͞o′zə-fôrm′)
adj.
Tapering at each end; spindle-shaped.
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fusiform

adjective Referring to cells which are tapered at both ends; spindled.
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

fusiform

adjective Elongated, spindled, string-like
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

fu·si·form

(fyū'si-fōrm)
Spindle-shaped; tapering at both ends.
[L. fusus, a spindle, + forma, form]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

fusiform

Spindle-shaped. Tapering to a point at each end.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

fusiform

(of plant structures) spindle-shaped.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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AGE = plantation age (years), S = site index (meters), TPH = total trees per hectare, [N.sub.u] = number of trees per hectare without a fusiform rust stem gall, [N.sub.i] = number of trees per hectare with a fusiform rust stem gall, PBA planted slash pine basal area ([m.sup.2]/ha), NPTB = non-planted tree basal area ([m.sup.2]/ha), and RNTB = ratio of the non-planted tree basal area to total basal area per hectare.
Second, underactivation occurs in left fusiform gyrus for processing written word forms, and underactivation occurs in the left tempoparietal region for integrating heteromodal information from the visual and auditory modalities with semantics.
Caption: Figure 2: Grayscale ultrasound of the neck reveals fusiform dilatation of the right internal jugular vein.
Finally, with untrained items, the posttherapy activation map showed significant activation of regions similar to those activated for the trained items, namely, the left middle temporal gyrus and right fusiform gyrus, with the addition of the right inferior frontal gyrus.
In characterization of form of AAA, US and CT detected 65 cases each of fusiform shape while 2 cases each of saccular form of AAA.
Antoni type A areas are characterized by hypercellular proliferation of fusiform cells, while Antoni type B areas consist of a few fusiform cells in a myxoid stroma, in which not only degeneration areas, oedematous, necrotic, and haemorrhagic tissues, but also cystic formations are observed [10].
Brain region Voxel MNI coordinate BA X Y Z Fusiform region 8 21 -63 -12 19 Frontal lobe 5 15 27 -6 47 Middle temporal gyrus 1 -57 -63 -3 37 Inferior frontal gyrus 8 54 18 0 45 Parietal lobes 32 0 -69 36 23 Table 2.
Kanwisher et al.1 found that face stimuli evoked activation on the lateral side of the mid-fusiform gyrus, also called the Fusiform Face Area (FFA), and a Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) study by Kanwisher and Yovel2 showed that the fusiform regions exhibited greater activation to faces than to letter strings or textures.
Gall morphotypes were classified in one of the following categories: clavate, conical, cylindrical, fusiform, globoid, lenticular, rosette, bivalveshaped, hornshaped, leaf fold, marginal roll and pocket shaped, according to Isaias et al.
Hinshaw, so she'll use an opioid such as hydrocodone with acetaminophen for shave excisions and fusiform longitudinal excisions.
The cells forming the intermediate muscular layer were fusiform in appearance with centrally placed nuclei giving the appearance of smooth muscle cells.
This effect correlated with functional connectivity between the fusiform gyrus and ventromedial prefrontal cortex (visual and valuation areas).
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