Found 2 hits - Term: xiphisterna, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
xiphisternum \xiph"ister"num\, n.; pl. xiphisterna. nl., fr.
gr. xi`fos a sword + sternum. anat.
a the posterior segment, or extremity, of the sternum; --
sometimes called metasternum, ensiform cartilage,
ensiform process, or xiphoid process.
b the xiphiplastron. -- xiph"ister"nala.
1913 webster
see also:
xiphisterna metasternum ensiform cartilage ensiform process xiphoid process xiph"ister"nal
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
xiphisterna
see xiphisternum
see also:
xiphisternum
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