xiphoid
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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biology shaped like a sword
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of or relating to the xiphisternum
noun
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- postxiphoid adjective
Etymology
Origin of xiphoid
1740–50; < New Latin xiphoīdēs < Greek xiphoeidḗs swordlike, equivalent to xíph ( os ) sword + -oeidēs -oid
Example Sentences
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“Just to the bottom of the xiphoid process,” Ms. Boyle said.
From New York Times
Actually, the “lump” is the xiphoid process, the quarter-size cartilaginous end of the bony sternum.
From Washington Post
Two little girls were united from the xiphoid cartilage to the umbilicus.
From Project Gutenberg
The posterior extremity of the sternum, flattened from above downwards, ends in a cartilaginous plate; concave superiorly, and convex inferiorly: this is the abdominal prolongation, or xiphoid appendix.
From Project Gutenberg
Passing between the xiphoid and costal origins in front are the superior epigastric arteries, while the other terminal branches of the internal mammaries, the musculo-phrenics, pass through between two costal origins.
From Project Gutenberg
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