XIPHOID
\zˈɪfɔ͡ɪd], \zˈɪfɔɪd], \z_ˈɪ_f_ɔɪ_d]\
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Sword-shaped, ensiform; noting the cartilaginous process, shaped like a sword-tip, forming the lower extremity of the sternum; the xiphoid or ensiform cartilage or process, meta-sternum, processus xiphoideus.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland