ensiform
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of ensiform
1535–45; < Latin ēnsi ( s ) sword + -form
Example Sentences
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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.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 401, November 28, 1829 by Various
At first it bears only bristly, ensiform leaves, four feet long by one to three inches broad, and sharp-pointed, crowning the head like a giant broom.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
An incision was made from the ensiform cartilage to the umbilicus, the aneurysm exposed, and its cavity filled up with two meters of silver-plated wire.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
Then two pairs of thick ensiform appendages make their appearance at the opposite end of the body, and behind these a pair of tubercles which are easily overlooked.
From Facts and Arguments for Darwin by Muller, Fritz
The pod is woody and ensiform and contains three or four seeds, separated by spongy partition-walls.
From History of the Philippine Islands by Robertson, James Alexander
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