bulboid

English

Etymology

From 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
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