1. Having the shape of a disk; flat and circular or nearly circular.
Usage: Chiefly used in scientific and medical contexts.
2. In botany and zoology, resembling or relating to a disk, especially the central part of a composite flower head.
Usage: Technical term in biology.

Examples

• The disciform lesion appeared as a flat, circular patch on the patient's skin.
• Disciform flowers have a central disk surrounded by ray florets.
• The jellyfish's disciform body allowed it to move efficiently through the water.
• Under the microscope, the disciform structure of the organism was clearly visible.
• The disciform arrangement of cells in the tissue sample indicated a specific pathological condition.