xiphoid
/zif-oid/US // ˈzɪf ɔɪd //UK // (ˈzɪfɔɪd) //
剑突,剑突部,剑齿虎,剑突状
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : Anatomy, Zoology. sword-shaped; ensiform.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the xiphisternum.
Examples
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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