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fusiform

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fusiform [′fyü·zə‚fȯrm]
(biology)
Spindle-shaped; tapering toward the ends.
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Using brain imaging, researchers showed that the speech motor areas of the brain (inferior frontal gyrus) were active at the same time (after a seventh of a second) as the orthographic word-form was being resolved within a brain region called the fusiform gyrus.
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Fusiform aneurysms more frequently occur in older patients, are generally secondary to atherosclerosis, and may develop intraluminal thrombus (9) (Figure 2).
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For example, the researchers observed changes in the face-responsive fusiform cortex in the unknown faces task.
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