pampiniform

English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin pampinus (“a tendril”) + -form.

Adjective edit

pampiniform (not comparable)

(anatomy) In the form of tendrils.

Usage notes edit

Applied especially to the spermatic and ovarian veins.

Translations edit

in the form of tendrils

French: pampiniforme (fr)
Spanish: pampiniforme

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pampiniform”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)