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ensiform

[ en-suh-fawrm ]

adjective

  1. sword-shaped; xiphoid.


ensiform

/ ˈɛ²Ô²õɪˌ´Úɔ˳¾ /

adjective

  1. biology shaped like a sword blade

    ensiform leaves

“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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ensiform1

1535–45; < Latin ŧ²Ô²õ¾± ( s ) sword + -form
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ensiform1

C16: from Latin ensis sword
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Example Sentences

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Application of Test: Site: abdominal wall below ensiform process, or breast below nipple, or inner surface of forearm.

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In a man the tenth dorsal appears rather less readily while the ensiform appears with great ease.

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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.

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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.

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Portions of the lung, cartilages, ribs, and of the ensiform process of the sternum came away.

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