| fusiform | Spindle-shaped, i.e. Narrower at both ends than at the centre. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| fusiform aneurysm | An elongated spindle-shaped dilation of an artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fusiform cataract | A cataract in which the opacity is fusiform, extending from one pole to the other. Synonym: fusiform cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fusiform cells of cerebral cortex | Spindle-shaped cell's in the sixth layer of the cerebral cortex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fusiform gyrus | An extremely long convolution extending lengthwise over the inferior aspect of the temporal and occipital lobes, demarcated medially by the collateral sulcus from the lingual gyrus and the anterior part of the parahippocampal gyrus, laterally by the inferior temporal sulcus from the inferior temporal gyrus. Synonym: gyrus occipitotemporalis lateralis, gyrus fusiformis, lateral occipitotemporal gyrus, lobulus fusiformis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fusiform layer | Layer 6 of the cortex cerebri. Synonym: multiform layer, polymorphous layer, spindle-celled layer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fusiform muscle | <anatomy> One that has a fleshy belly, tapering at either extremity. Synonym: musculus fusiformis, spindle-shaped muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fusiformis | An obsolete generic name sometimes used for the anaerobic fusiform bacteria found in the human mouth; these organisms are closely related to the anaerobic organisms found in the human intestine and have been placed in the genus Fusobacterium. Origin: see fusiform (05 Mar 2000) |