fusiform
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She had a broad bulge that’s called a fusiform aneurysm, and a coil wouldn’t fix the rupture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2022
Results showed higher activity in brain regions dedicated to faces, bodies and scenes, compared with the other categories surveyed in the fusiform face area, the extrastriate body area and the parahippocampal place area, respectively.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 15, 2021
"Small-headed Child who Power-Lifts with #sharpie_eyes & uncircumcised fusiform fingers struggles to defend #Renoir's painting abilities on social media."
From The Verge ● Oct. 12, 2015
When a parallel muscle has a central, large belly that is spindle-shaped, meaning it tapers as it extends to its origin and insertion, it sometimes is called fusiform.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
P. plane or depr. even, yellow brown then paler; g. citrin; s. bay towards fusiform rooting base, with a purplish tomentose ring.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
