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ensiform
[ en-suh-fawrm ]
adjective
- sword-shaped; xiphoid.
ensiform
/ ˈɛnsɪˌfɔːm /
adjective
- biology shaped like a sword blade
ensiform leaves
Word History and Origins
Origin of ensiform1
Example Sentences
Application of Test: Site: abdominal wall below ensiform process, or breast below nipple, or inner surface of forearm.
In a man the tenth dorsal appears rather less readily while the ensiform appears with great ease.
Aperture of entry ragged, roughly circular, and 2 inches in diameter, with much-contused margins situated in the median line, nearly midway between the ensiform cartilage and umbilicus.
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.
Portions of the lung, cartilages, ribs, and of the ensiform process of the sternum came away.
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