xiphisternaladj.n.
/zɪfɪˈstəːnəl/ Anatomy and Zoology.
A. adj.
Belonging to or constituting the xiphisternum (see below).
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xiphoidan1653
xiphoid1747
mesosternal1828
episternal1833
xiphisternal1839
xiphoidian1860
manubrial1899
xiphocostal1899
xiphoidal1904
1839–47 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 838/1 The posterior [of the two pairs of elements of the ‘sternum’, i.e. plastron, of Chelonia] are fitly denominated the xiphosternal pieces.
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 15 The posterior or xiphisternal end of the sternum.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 384 [The] bilateral origin [of the sternum in some Lacertilia] is evidenced..by the prolongation backwards..of two xiphisternal horns.
B. n.
A xiphisternal part or appendage.
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heartspoonc1405
spoon of the brisket1575
manubrium1705
xiphisternal1835
episternum1840
mesosternal1854
mesosternum1868
presternum1868
xiphisternum1872
sternebra1881
mesosterneber1890
mesosternebra1890
sternite1916
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 284/1 The posterior cartilaginous appendages [of the sternum in birds] he [sc. Geoffrey St. Hilaire] terms xiphi-sternals.
Derivatives
xiphiˈsternum n. (also xiphoˈsternum) the posterior division of the sternum, in some animals osseous and in others cartilaginous, in man constituting the xiphoid or ensiform cartilage; also sometimes applied to the xiphiplastron n. of a turtle.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > turtles or sea-tortoises > parts of
calipash1674
calipee1689
hut1698
monsieur1751
pee1764
turtle-shell1828
hyosternal1835
xiphiplastron1871
xiphisternum1872
pygal1885
xiphiplastral1889
turtle-back1898
the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > breastbone > [noun] > parts of
heartspoonc1405
spoon of the brisket1575
manubrium1705
xiphisternal1835
episternum1840
mesosternal1854
mesosternum1868
presternum1868
xiphisternum1872
sternebra1881
mesosterneber1890
mesosternebra1890
sternite1916
the world > life > the body > structural parts > cartilage > cartilage of specific parts > [noun] > of chest or stomach
buckler?1541
ensiform cartilage?1541
plate-bonea1665
omosternum1868
xiphisternum1872
ensiform1907
1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 399 The xiphisternum is the ‘xiphoid cartilage’ of human anatomy.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 362 The sternum [in Mammalia]..is divisible into three regions—a praesternum or manubrium sterni..; a mesosternum..; and a xiphisternum, sometimes cartilaginous, sometimes ossified.
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