fusiform

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Scientists believe that prosopagnosia is caused by a malfunctioning in a part of the brain known as the fusiform gyrus, which is part of both the occipital lobe and the temporal lobe.

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2022

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

The fusiform gyrus contains a site, where graphemes are perceived, abutting the color processing area V4.

From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2015

"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

Simple or unbranched roots are named according to their shapes— conical, when like the carrot; napiform, when like the turnip; fusiform, when like the long radish.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth