bulboid

English

Etymology

bulb +‎ -oid

Adjective

bulboid (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Shaped like a bulb.
   • 2012, Z. Halata, The Mechanoreceptors of the Mammalian Skin:

     These endings have a bulboid expansion which is invariably invested with a lamella of the Schwann cell and its basal lamina.

Derived terms

• bulboid corpuscle