xiphoid
pronunciation
How to pronounce xiphoid in British English:
UK ['zɪfɔɪd]
How to pronounce xiphoid in American English:
US ['zɪfɔɪd]
Word Origin
- xiphoid (adj.)
- "sword-shaped," 1746, from Greek xiphos "a sword," of unknown origin (Klein suggests a Semitic source and compares Hebrew sayif, Arabic sayf) + -oid.
Example
- 1. I 'm guessing the bullet struck the xiphoid process .
- 2. And exited just below the xiphoid process of the sternum .
- 3. The first mention of the rome I had in mind was on a page entitled " xiphoid 's rise of rome conpluvium . "