ensiform

American  

[en-suh-fawrm] / ˈɛn səˌfɔrm /

adjective

1. sword-shaped; xiphoid.

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ensiform British  

/ ˈɛnsɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. biology shaped like a sword blade

   ensiform leaves

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Etymology

Origin of ensiform

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

Example Sentences

The woman, aged twenty-two, was pale, diminutive in size, and showed an enormous abdomen, which measured 50 inches in circumference at the umbilicus and 27 inches from the ensiform cartilage to the pubes.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

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

Evidence of mediastinal hæmorrhage existed in the presence of subcutaneous discoloration of the abdominal wall, below the ensiform cartilage and extending slightly over the costal margin of the thorax.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry

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

From Nurses' Papers on Tuberculosis : read before the Nurses' Study Circle of the Dispensary Department, Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium by Various

Entry, in eighth intercostal space in right mid axillary line; exit, 1� inch below the point of the ensiform cartilage, 1/2 an inch to the right of the mid line.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry