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restiform

restiform adjective: formed like a rope; applied especially to several rope-like bundles or masses of fibres on the dorsal side of the medulla oblongata.

Adjective

restiform (not comparable)

  1. Formed like a rope; applied especially to several rope-like bundles or masses of fibres on the dorsal side of the medulla oblongata.
    • the restiform body is an old term for the inferior cerebellar peduncle
    • restiform tract

restiform meaning in Tamil and Arabic

restiform in Tamil

வடவுருவமான

restiform in Arabic

restiform
مَرَسِيّ marasiyy

Origin of restiform

From Latin restifōrmis. By surface analysis, Latin restis (“rope”) + -form.

Words formed from restiform

Questions about restiform

What does restiform mean?
Restiform means formed like a rope; applied especially to several rope-like bundles or masses of fibres on the dorsal side of the medulla oblongata.
What is restiform in Tamil?
Restiform in Tamil is வடவுருவமான. See Restiform meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is restiform?
Restiform is an adjective.

Words near restiform in the dictionary

  1. restiffened
  2. restiffening
  3. restiffens
  4. restiffness
  5. restiffs
  6. restiform
  7. restigmatize
  8. restigmatized
  9. restigmatizes
  10. restigmatizing
  11. Restigouche County

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Adapted from Wiktionary: restiform (page history and authors); restiform (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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