xiphoid
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ξιφοειδής (xiphoeidḗs, “sword-shaped”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]xiphoid (not comparable)
- Shaped like a sword, ensiform.
- (anatomy) Of or relating to the xiphoid process (also called xiphisternum).
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Noun
[edit]xiphoid (plural xiphoids)
- (anatomy) The xiphoid process.
- 2000, Kurt Schwenk, Feeding: Form, Function and Evolution in Tetrapod Vertebrates, page 466:
- In Asian pangolins the xiphoids are shorter […]