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

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

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. spongy, deformed, thin, soft, exp. edge incurved, sooty-grey or reddish-grey; g. smoky; s. excentric, fusiform, very short. cnista, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George