Crossword-Solution: XIPHOID
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Xiphoid | a. | Like a sword; ensiform. |
| Xiphoid | a. | Of or pertaining to the xiphoid process; xiphoidian. |
We have 6 clues for the answer “XIPHOID”
| Clue | Answers |
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| STERNUM, cartilage at lower end of the | 1 answer |
| Sword-shaped, in anatomy | 1 answer |
| ___ process (sternum part) | 1 answer |
| Ensiform. | 2 answers |
| Sword-shaped | 3 answers |
| shaped like a sword | 4 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATREE
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greedy person
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Sentences with XIPHOID (5)
Operations on Conjoined Twins.--Swingler speaks of two girls joined at the xiphoid cartilage and the umbilicus, the band of union being 1 1/2 inches thick, and running below the middle of it was the umbilical cord, common to both.
The constricting band was formed by a coalition of the xiphoid cartilages and the umbilical vessels, surrounded by areolar tissue and covered with skin.
The girl was healthy and well developed, and from the middle line of her body between the xiphoid cartilage and the umbilicus, attached by a soft pedicle, was an accessory individual, irregular, of ovoid shape, the smaller end, representing the head, being upward.
The postmortem examination showed that the ball had pierced the sternum just above the xiphoid cartilage, and had entered the pericardium to the right and at the lower part.
Archer tells of a man who was stabbed by a negro, the knife entering the cartilages of the 4th rib on the right side, and penetrating the stomach to the extent of two inches at a point about two inches below the xiphoid cartilage.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1972–2016).