fusiform
adjective
medical
specialized uk
/ˈfjuː.zɪ.fɔːm/ us
/ˈfjuː.zɪˌfɔrm/Meaning of fusiform in English
- A puncture with a sharp-edged, pointed knife leaves a fusiform or spindle-shaped wound.
- Antennae elongate, with a fusiform club much hooked at the extremity.
- Some were fusiform, others wedge-shaped, and others irregularly oblong.
- The finger becomes the seat of a swelling, which is more evident on the dorsal aspect, and, according to the distribution and extent of the disease, it is acorn-shaped, fusiform, or cylindrical.
Examples of fusiform
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Normal activation of fusiform gyrus in adolescents and adults with autism during viewing of familiar faces.
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Significant activation was observed in striate, extrastriate, lingual, and fusiform cortices as well as the hippocampus and brain stem.
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The fusiform "face" area of the temporal lobe seems particularly specialized for processing face and eye gaze information.
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Activation of the middle fusiform "face area" increases with expertise in recognizing novel objects.
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These studies suggest that specialization of the fusiform gyrus is influenced by both experience and expertise.
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Moreover, direct gaze led to a greater correlation between activity in the fusiform and the amygdala, a region associated with emotional responses and stimulus saliency.
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The coronary arterial lesions have been described as tubular, saccular, or fusiform.
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Activation of the middle fusiform 'face area' increases with expertise in recognizing novel objects.
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In the second stage, the larva becomes more fusiform.
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Seen gazedirection modulates fusiform activity and its coupling with other brain areas during face processing.
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The fusiform face area subserves face perception, not generic within-category identification.
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These fusiform cells were distributed throughout the nucleus.
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Cells differentiated in the vertical axis in a manner similar to that of the fusiform initials of the vascular cambium.
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However, character and alphabetic languages have different foci within the proximity of the left middle fusiform gyrus.
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The same was true in two older age groups for left fusiform generators.
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