restiform body

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(res′tə fôrm′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
res′ti•form bod′y  (res′tə fôrm′),USA pronunciation [Anat.]
  1. Anatomya cordlike bundle of nerve fibers lying on each side of the medulla oblongata and connecting it with the cerebellum.
  • Neo-Latin restiformis, equivalent. to Latin resti-, combining form of restis rope + -formis -form
  • restiform 1825–35

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