ensiform
sword-shaped; xiphoid.
Origin of ensiform
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How to use ensiform in a sentence
The seventh vertebra articulates laterally at the point at which the ensiform process is attached to the corpus of the sternum.
Pedagogical Anthropology | Maria MontessoriWe have now entered among the typical species, where every form occurs between a round and an ensiform shape.
The manubrium is thickened and drawn inward, the ensiform process protuberant, the sternum often swelled and painful to the touch.
The situation of the localized pain is usually at or a little below the ensiform cartilage.
Gastralgia is more frequent than enteralgia, and the pain is located about the ensiform cartilage.
British Dictionary definitions for ensiform
/ (ˈɛnsɪˌfɔːm) /
biology shaped like a sword blade: ensiform leaves
Origin of ensiform
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