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

Application of Test: Site: abdominal wall below ensiform process, or breast below nipple, or inner surface of forearm.

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In a man the tenth dorsal appears rather less readily while the ensiform appears with great ease.

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Aperture of entry ragged, roughly circular, and 2 inches in diameter, with much-contused margins situated in the median line, nearly midway between the ensiform cartilage and umbilicus.

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Tracing it upwards, I found it to be constituted by a prolongation of the ensiform cartilage of the sternum, or extremity of the breast-bone.

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Portions of the lung, cartilages, ribs, and of the ensiform process of the sternum came away.

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