Definition of Rotiform

1. a. Wheel-shaped; as, rotiform appendages.

Definition of Rotiform

1. Adjective. Having the shape of a wheel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rotiform

1. shaped like a wheel [adj]

Medical Definition of Rotiform

1. 1. Wheel-shaped; as, rotiform appendages. 2. Same as Rotate. Origin: L. Rota wheel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rotiform

rotes
rotework
rotgut
rotguts
rother
rothers
roti
rotifer
rotifera
rotiferal
rotiferan
rotiferans
rotifers
rotiform (current term)
roting
rotini
rotis
rotisserie
rotisseries
rotl
rotls
roto
rotochemical
rotodome
rotodomes
rotodynamic
rotogravure
rotogravures

Literary usage of Rotiform

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"2. See ROTATION, REVOLUTION, TURN. wheeler, n. Referring to a horse: poler, thiller. wheel-shaped, a. rotate (tech. or learned), rotiform. wheezy, ..."

2. A Glossary of Botanic Terms: With Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1900)
"... rotiform'isi (forma, shape), wheel- shaped, as of a gamopetalous corolla with spreading limb and a short tube. rotund', rotund'm (Lat., round), ..."

3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1883)
"... and Balatro may be open to the suspicion of possessing ciliary rotiform disks, which perhaps were concealed when the animals were observed, ..."

4. Hand-book of Physiology by William Dobinson Halliburton, William Senhouse Kirkes (1901)
"rotiform Tissue. Retiform or reticular tissue is a kind of connective tissue in which the ground substance is of more fluid consistency than ..."

5. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association by Geologists' Association (1904)
"We have recorded, however, an example of rotiform bryozoan from the cleft on the top of Beer Head (p. 19). Among the rare fossils which we mention in this ..."

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