xiphisternum

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of xiphoid process.
    — Hence the spaces between the forks of the hyposternum and between the hypo- and xiphisternums are relatively much smaller, and the external process of the hyposternum is twice as broad as in the common Cock.

词形变化

xiphisterna plural xiphisternums plural

词源

Ancient Greek ξίφος (xíphos, “sword”) + English -i- (in place of the etymologically consistent -o-) + English sternum
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