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restiform body
[ res-tuh-fawrm ]
noun
, Anatomy.
- 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.
From Project Gutenberg
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