Definitions for xiphoid process

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. xiphoid process(noun)

    smallest of the three parts of the breastbone; articulates with the corpus sternum and the seventh rib

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  1. xiphoid process(Noun)

    The cartilaginous extension of the lower sternum; the xiphisternum.


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