Definitions for xiphoid process

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Princeton's WordNet

xiphoid process(noun)
smallest of the three parts of the breastbone; articulates with the corpus sternum and the seventh rib

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xiphoid process(Noun)
The cartilaginous extension of the lower sternum; the xiphisternum.

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