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xiphopagi

xiphopagi is the plural of xiphopagus.

Meaning of xiphopagus

Noun

xiphopagus (countable and uncountable, plural xiphopagi)

  1. (countable) Either of a pair of congenitally joined twins (Siamese twin) united at the xiphoid process.
    • Xiphopagi are those in which the ensiform processes are united by a cartilaginous bridge. The peritoneum passes for some distance into the connecting structure (the well-known Siamese twins were xiphopagi).1885, Ernst Ziegler, A Text-book of Pathological Anatomy and Pathogenesis
  2. (uncountable) The condition of being such a twin.
    • They were born in the East Indies, and make the eighth case of xiphopagus reported.1893, “A Case of Living Xiphopagus”, in The Medical and Surgical Reporter, volume 68, page 28

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Questions about xiphopagi

What is xiphopagi the plural of?
Xiphopagi is the plural of xiphopagus.

Words near xiphopagi in the dictionary

  1. xiphoiditis
  2. xiphoids
  3. xiphonite
  4. xiphoomphaloischiopagus
  5. xiphoomphalopagus
  6. xiphopagi
  7. xiphopagic
  8. xiphopagous
  9. xiphopagus
  10. xiphophorine
  11. xiphophyllous

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