different between fabiform vs reniform

English

Etymology

From Latin faba (“bean”) +? -iform.

Adjective

fabiform (not comparable)

1. Shaped like a bean

English

Etymology

From Latin r?n (“kidney”) + -form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?n?f??(?)m/

Adjective

reniform (not comparable)

1. Shaped like a kidney; having a circular or roughly circular shape with a notch.
   1. (medicine) That has the shape or profile of a kidney.

   2. (botany, of various anatomical structures) Shaped like a kidney: in leaves, having the petiole attached at the notch; in seeds or spores, shaped generally like a kidney bean.
   3. (zoology, of various anatomical structures) Shaped more or less like a human kidney in any of various ways, such as outline or contour, for example in the pupils of some species' eyes, the compound eyes of some insects, or the shapes of some bones or nodules.

Synonyms

• kidney-shaped

Derived terms

• obreniform

Related terms

• renal

Translations

References

Anagrams

• informer, reinform

Romanian

Etymology

From French réniforme

Adjective

reniform m or n (feminine singular reniform?, masculine plural reniformi, feminine and neuter plural reniforme)

1. reniform

Declension