ensiform

[ en-suh-fawrm ]

/ ˈɛn səˌfɔrm /

sword-shaped; xiphoid.

Origin of ensiform

1535–45; < Latin ēnsi(s) sword + -form

Gastralgia is more frequent than enteralgia, and the pain is located about the ensiform cartilage.

A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II |Various
The situation of the localized pain is usually at or a little below the ensiform cartilage.

A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II |Various
The seventh vertebra articulates laterally at the point at which the ensiform process is attached to the corpus of the sternum.

Pedagogical Anthropology |Maria Montessori
The manubrium is thickened and drawn inward, the ensiform process protuberant, the sternum often swelled and painful to the touch.

A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II |Various

We have now entered among the typical species, where every form occurs between a round and an ensiform shape.

Zoological Illustrations, or Original Figures and Descriptions. Volume I, Second Series |William Swainson

ensiform

/ (ˈɛnsɪˌfɔːm) /

biology shaped like a sword blade ensiform leaves

C16: from Latin ensis sword

ensiform

[ ĕn′sə-fôrm′ ]

Sword-shaped; xiphoid.