restiform


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restiform

 [res´tĭ-form]
shaped like a rope.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

res·ti·form

(res'ti-fōrm),
Ropelike; rope-shaped; referring to the restiform body, the larger (lateral) part of the inferior cerebellar peduncle; contains fibers from the spinal cord (spinocerebellar) and medulla (cuneo-, olivo-, reticulocerebellar, etc.) to cerebellum.
[L. restis, rope, + forma, form]
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res·ti·form

(res'ti-fōrm)
Ropelike; rope-shaped.
[L. restis, rope, + forma, form]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
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