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restiform body

[ res-tuh-fawrm ]

noun

, Anatomy.
  1. a cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of restiform body1

1825–35; restiform < New Latin restiformis, equivalent to Latin resti-, combining form of restis rope + -formis -form

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Example Sentences

Exophthalmia in animals born of parents in which an injury to the restiform body had produced that protrusion of the eyeball.

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