[1735–45; tubi- + -form]This word is first recorded in the period 1735–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: butternut, cutoff, editorial, stasis, tandem-form is a combining form meaning “having the form of”. Other words that use the affix-form include: moniliform, stratiform, terraform, uniform, villiform
Examples of 'tubiform' in a sentence
tubiform
The tubiform forestomach was the main tubular section of the organ.
Mahmoud Badran Shoeib, Amin Hassanin, Mohamed Elnasharty 2015, 'Morphological and morphometric characteristics of gastric mucosa in western grey kangaroo(Macropus fuliginosus)', Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Researchhttp://www.scopemed.org/fulltextpdf.php?mno=167209. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The stomach was composed of three indistinctive separate parts namely sacciform forestomach, tubiform forestomach, and hindstomach.
Mahmoud Badran Shoeib, Amin Hassanin, Mohamed Elnasharty 2015, 'Morphological and morphometric characteristics of gastric mucosa in western grey kangaroo(Macropus fuliginosus)', Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Researchhttp://www.scopemed.org/fulltextpdf.php?mno=167209. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)