Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

restiform

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: res-ti-form
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

Example Sentences

"the restiform body is an old term for the inferior cerebellar peduncle"
"restiform tract"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: restifōrmis, restis

Derived Forms

juxtarestiform

Questions

What does restiform mean?: Formed like a rope; applied especially to several rope-like bundles or masses of fibres on the dorsal side of the medulla oblongata.
Where does restiform come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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