a. [f. L. faba bean + -(I)FORM: see -FORM.] Bean-shaped.
1852. Dana, Crust., II. 1287. Short; in a side view, very broad fabiform, straight below, and extremities broadly and equally rounded, back irregularly arcuate.
1855. F. H. Ramsbotham, Obstetr. Med., 44. It [Corpus Luteum] is somewhat fabiform, of a dull yellow tint, resembling in hue the buffy coat of the blood, and when newly exposed, slightly red.
