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xiphoid

[ zif-oid ]

adjective

  1. Anatomy, Zoology. sword-shaped; ensiform.


noun

  1. the xiphisternum.

xiphoid

/ ˈzɪfɔɪd /

adjective

  1. biology shaped like a sword
  2. of or relating to the xiphisternum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. Also calledxiphoid process Another name for xiphisternum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • post·xiphoid adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of xiphoid1

1740–50; < New Latin xiphoīdēs < Greek xiphoeidḗs swordlike, equivalent to xíph ( os ) sword + -oeidēs -oid
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Word History and Origins

Origin of xiphoid1

C18: from New Latin, from Greek, from xiphos sword + eidos form
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Example Sentences

The xiphoid cartilage is extraordinarily elongated into thin strips, which reach the pelvis and return.

It is usually accompanied with painful sensations near the xiphoid cartilage or behind the sternum, or sometimes in the pharynx.

The xiphoid appendix, which is cartilaginous, is attached to the extremity of a long process of the last bone of the sternum.

Two little girls were united from the xiphoid cartilage to the umbilicus.

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