What's the difference between fanlike and finlike?
Fanlike
Definition:
(a.) Resembling a fan;
(a.) folded up like a fan, as certain leaves; plicate.
Example Sentences:
(1) PRRN neurons producing monosynaptic excitatory amino acid EPSPs were found to have a fusiform cell body located near the surface of the fourth ventricle and an extensive fanlike dendritic tree extending to the ventral and lateral margin of the brain stem within the basal plate.
(2) These branches, after dividing at the proximal border of the pronator quadratus, arborize in a fanlike fashion around the joint and their small ramifications penetrate and vascularize the capsule and the articular disk from the palmar, dorsal, and medial sides.
(3) Individuals with spondylocostal dysostosis have vertebral malformations, frequent dramatic rib malformations, and short stature, but do not have a fanlike thoracic configuration.
(4) Comparing the calculated results with experimental data indicates that the dynamic FVR shift occurs in a fanlike pattern in which the maximum strain rate remains constant throughout the cycle.
(5) In all cases the LV conduction system was fanlike and spread broadly over the left septal surface.
(6) Two possible characteristics of the dynamic FVR in the partially active state, based on either a parallel or a fanlike shift of the stress-strain rate curve, are studied by utilizing simple analytical models as well as a computer simulation model.
(7) Individuals with spondylothoracic dysostosis have vertebral body malformations and ribs which flare in a fanlike pattern but which are not significantly malformed.
(8) The description of the LV follows our earlier study that assumes a nested-shell spheroidal structure with fanlike fiber angle distribution, transmural electrical activation velocity, and the muscle fiber dynamics with the classical passive and active features of the sarcomeres.
(9) Collagen extending from chordae tendineae sweeps into each tricuspid leaflet in a loose fanlike arrangement merging with the annulus.
(10) Within the latter some labeled fibers branch outwardly in a fanlike manner whereas others ascend before branching.
(11) The muscle is well suited to its new position with respect to length and bulk, as well as its fanlike shape.
Finlike
Definition:
(a.) Resembling a fin.
Example Sentences:
(1) Trauma to the endometrium by the IUD may initiate the infection and the finlike projections of the IUD may cause further trauma.