Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The hindmost segment or division of the sternum, corresponding to the xiphoid appendage or ensiform cartilage of man.
- noun The xiphiplastron of a turtle. See second cut under
Chelonia .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The posterior segment, or extremity, of the sternum; -- sometimes called
metasternum ,ensiform cartilage ,ensiform process , orxiphoid process . - noun The xiphiplastron.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
xiphoid process , a smallcartilaginous extension to the lower part of thesternum , usuallyossified in theadult human .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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There is a pre-omosternum (o. st.) and a post-omosternum, sometimes termed a xiphisternum (x.).
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I immediately thought of pangolins on reading the news about the Tube-lipped nectar bat Anoura fistulata: the pangolin tongue 'roots' on the xiphisternum, a rod-like cartilaginous extension of the breastbone located on the ventral surface of the abdomen.
Andean Bats 2006
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The sternum consists of segments, the sternebrae (st.); anteriorly there is a bony manubrium (mb.), posteriorly a thin cartilaginous plate, the xiphisternum (xi.).
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The xiphisternum will probably be cut in this operation.
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Cut away xiphisternum, and then cut through clavicles and coracoids on either side, and remove ventral part of shoulder girdle, to expose the heart.
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Dog − Following premedication, patient administered with general anesthetic, and restrained on its back − An area from xiphisternum to pelvis is shaved and surgically prepped − Sterile drapes are applied − In cat, incision is made approx. half-way between the umbilicus and the pelvis − In dog, incision is made slightly more cranially - beginning at the umbilicus and extending caudally − Incised: skin, subQ tissue, peritoneum −
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You're a cryogenic heart attack {encased in flame} and laced with memory's sweetest secret name spoken and winding icily down the same backbone that you freeze with a fireburn hum; to feel you breathe upon my xiphisternum is like a dream from heaven above
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You're a cryogenic heart attack {encased in flame} and laced with memory's sweetest secret name spoken and winding icily down the same backbone that you freeze with a fireburn hum; to feel you breathe upon my xiphisternum is like a dream from heaven above
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You're a cryogenic heart attack {encased in flame} and laced with memory's sweetest secret name spoken and winding icily down the same backbone that you freeze with a fireburn hum; to feel you breathe upon my xiphisternum is like a dream from heaven above
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