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xiphoid

Part of speech: Adjective

In anat., sword- shaped; ensiform; a term applied to the cartilage of the sternum.

Usage examples "xiphoid":

The impulse of the right ventricle, F, has been noticed occasionally as corresponding to a point somewhat above the middle of the sternum and the intercostal space between the fourth and fifth left costal cartilages; while in other instances its beating was observable as low down as an inch or more below the xiphoid cartilage, and these variations have existed in a state of health. - "Surgical Anatomy", Joseph Maclise.
The posterior extremity of the sternum, flattened from above downwards, ends in a cartilaginous plate; concave superiorly, and convex inferiorly: this is the abdominal prolongation, or xiphoid appendix. - "Artistic Anatomy of Animals", Édouard Cuyer.