Definition of Ramiform

1. a. Having the form of a branch.

Definition of Ramiform

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ramiform

1. shaped like a branch [adj]

Medical Definition of Ramiform

1. Having the form of a branch. Origin: L. Ramus branch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ramiform

rami ventralis
rami vestibulares arteriae labyrinthi
rami zygomatici nervi facialis
ramicotomy
ramidus
ramie
ramier
ramiers
ramies
ramifiability
ramification
ramifications
ramified
ramifies
ramiflorous
ramiform (current term)
ramify
ramifying
ramigerous
ramilie
ramilies
ramillie
ramillies
ramin
ramins
ramiparous
ramipril
ramiprilat
ramis
ramisection

Literary usage of Ramiform

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

1. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1836)
"The ramiform, or arborescent arrangement of carcinomatous matter, ... The ramiform arrangement has been also observed in carcinoma of the stomach, ..."

2. The London Medical Gazette (1846)
"Near the pylorus the membrane is translucent, and again exhibits the dark ramiform vascularity of the sub- mucous coat. The mucous tunic of the cardiac ..."

3. On Poisons, in Relation to Medical Jurisprudence and Medicine by Alfred Swaine Taylor, Robert Eglesfeld Griffith (1848)
"Near the pylorus the membrane was translucent, and again exhibited the dark ramiform vascularity of the sub- mucous coat. The mucous tunic of the cardiac ..."

4. The British and Foreign Medical Review: Or Quarterly Journal of Practical (1836)
"The distribution is punctiform and ramiform when the blood acted upon is contained ... The following observations are very interesting: " The ramiform black ..."

5. Principles and Illustrations of Morbid Anatomy: Adapted to the Elements of M by James Hope (1834)
"ramiform Injection.—This is illustrated by Fig. ... ramiform injection is the result of an irritation so slight as to be incapable of propelling the blood ..."

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