Piriform
Piriform, sometimes pyriform, means pear-shaped (from Latin pirum "pear" and forma "shape").
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Piriform may refer to:
- Piriform (company), a software company
- Piriform, in hydrostatic equilibrium
Anatomy
- Piriform aperture, more commonly known as anterior nasal aperture
- Piriform cortex, a region in the brain
- Piriformis muscle, a gluteal muscle
- Piriformis syndrome, a neuromuscular disorder in which piriformis muscle compresses the sciatic nerve
- Piriform sinus, piriform recess or piriform fossa, synonyms referring to one of the four sites of the hypopharynx
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