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fusal

fusal adjective: pertaining to a spindle.

Adjective

fusal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a spindle.
    • Round the fusal fibres there wind, in spiral form, large myelinated posterior root fibres, of which several subserve each spindle.1912 June, J.J. Graham Brown, “Ataxia: A Symptom”, in Edinburgh Medical Journal, volume 8, number 6, page 498
    • On the writer's theory, if the fusal chromomeres synapsed, but the rest of the two chromonemas was in reverse order, crossing over could take place only close to the fusal chromomeres.1912, John Belling ·, Collected Reprints

Examples of fusal in a sentence

  • the fusal muscular fibers
  • The light fraction contains low-boiling aldehydes and many other oxygen-containing organic compounds, while the heavy fraction is mainly fusal oil.2012, J.M.D. Tascón, Novel Carbon Adsorbents, page 611:

Words formed from fusal

Questions about fusal

What does fusal mean?
Fusal means pertaining to a spindle.
How do you use fusal in a sentence?
the fusal muscular fibers
What part of speech is fusal?
Fusal is an adjective.

Words near fusal in the dictionary

  1. fusa
  2. fusafungine
  3. fusain
  4. fusains
  5. Fusako
  6. fusal
  7. Fusan
  8. Fusang
  9. fusant
  10. fusants
  11. fusaproliferin

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