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xiphocostal

xiphocostal adjective: pertaining to the xiphoid process and the ribs.

Adjective

xiphocostal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the xiphoid process and the ribs.

Origin of xiphocostal

From xipho- + costal.

Questions about xiphocostal

What does xiphocostal mean?
Xiphocostal means pertaining to the xiphoid process and the ribs.
What part of speech is xiphocostal?
Xiphocostal is an adjective.

Words near xiphocostal in the dictionary

  1. xipho-
  2. xipho-omphalo-ischiopagus
  3. xipho-omphalopagus
  4. xiphocentronid
  5. xiphocentronids
  6. xiphocostal
  7. xiphodon
  8. xiphodons
  9. xiphodontid
  10. xiphodontids
  11. xiphodynia

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