ensiform

[ en-suh-fawrm ]

adjective

1. sword-shaped; xiphoid.

ensiform

/ ˈɛnsɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. biology shaped like a sword blade

   ensiform leaves

Word History and Origins

Origin of ensiform¹

1535–45; < Latin ēnsi ( s ) sword + -form

Word History and Origins

Origin of ensiform¹

C16: from Latin ensis sword

Example Sentences

The seventh vertebra articulates laterally at the point at which the ensiform process is attached to the corpus of the sternum.

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We have now entered among the typical species, where every form occurs between a round and an ensiform shape.

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The manubrium is thickened and drawn inward, the ensiform process protuberant, the sternum often swelled and painful to the touch.

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The situation of the localized pain is usually at or a little below the ensiform cartilage.

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Gastralgia is more frequent than enteralgia, and the pain is located about the ensiform cartilage.

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