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xiphoidian

xiphoidian adjective: xiphoid.

Adjective

xiphoidian (not comparable)

  1. (rare) xiphoid
    • ...the deep xiphoidian para-umbilical vein which anastomoses the umbilical circulation, tributary of the portal vein to the xiphoidian plexus...1936, Louis Hamman, International Clinics: A Quarterly of Illustrated Clinical Lectures

Origin of xiphoidian

From xiphoid + -ian.

Words that rhyme with xiphoidian

Questions about xiphoidian

What does xiphoidian mean?
Xiphoidian means xiphoid.
What part of speech is xiphoidian?
Xiphoidian is an adjective.

Words near xiphoidian in the dictionary

  1. xiphoid process
  2. xiphoid processes
  3. xiphoidal
  4. xiphoidalgia
  5. xiphoidectomy
  6. xiphoidian
  7. xiphoiditis
  8. xiphoids
  9. xiphonite
  10. xiphoomphaloischiopagus
  11. xiphoomphalopagus

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