Etymology

fundiform

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Today it means: Resembling or arranged in the form of a sling; specifically designating the lower part of the inferior constrictor muscle of the pharynx (cricopharyngeal muscle), and the fibers of this part of the muscle. Full definition →

New Latin fundifōrmis
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The story

  1. New Latin · borrowed fromfundifōrmis“shaped like a sling”
  2. English todayfundiform

Borrowed from New Latin fundifōrmis (“shaped like a sling”), from funda (“a sling”) + -i- + -formis (“-form”).

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