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Definition of Piriform
1. pyriform [adj] - See also: pyriform
Medical Definition of Piriform
1. Pear-shaped. Synonym: pyriform. Origin: L. Pirum, pear, + forma, form (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piriform
Literary usage of Piriform
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"During the ictal phase, data from the septal area, piriform cortex, ... 2 illustrates
the coherence at each frequency between the piriform cortex and motor ..."
2. The Neolithic and Bronze Ages by Sara Anderson Immerwahr (1971)
"Of the later form (Types 44—45) which was marked by small vases of advanced
piriform shape with a. narrow shoulder zone decorated with simple linear ..."
3. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1906)
"Shell solid, piriform, with a thick folded columella ; foot broad ; proboscis
long ; tentacles convergent ; lateral teeth of the radula ..."
4. A Lm Ia Ceramic Kiln in South-Central Crete: Function and Pottery Production by Joseph W. Shaw (2001)
"Their bodies are either ovoid or piriform, having as a rule more slender ...
have piriform bodies with highly constricted lower bodies and disc bases, ..."
5. Text Book of Veterinary Medicine by James Law (1906)
"He looked on these as the earlier stage of the organism which later developed
into the piriform body, by segmentation of its substance. ..."
6. Contributions from the Bermuda Biological Station for Research by Bermuda Biological Station for Research (1916)
"The larva takes a more definitely piriform shape when it swims slowly over the
... In the preserved specimens the shape is usually either piriform or almost ..."
7. The Practical study of malaria and other blood parasites by John William Watson Stephens (1904)
"Various forms occur in the circulation—(i) a spherical or ovoid form, (ii) a
piriform parasite in pairs or fours. These are characteristic, and give the ..."
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