Ensiform
61Glossary of botanical terms — Many of the terms used in Wikipedia glossaries (often most) are already defined and explained within Wikipedia itself. However, lists like the following indicate where new articles need to be written and are also useful for looking up and… …
62Philydraceae — Helmholtzia glaberrima Systematik Unterabteilung: Samenpflanzen (Spermatophytina) Klasse …
63ensate — adj. [L. ensis, sword] Ensiform; sword shaped …
64linear-ensate — Somewhere between linear and ensiform in shape …
65hypochondria — /huy peuh kon dree euh/, n. 1. Also, hypochondriasis /huy poh keuhn druy euh sis/. Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one s health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems. 2. excessive worry or talk… …
66xiphoid — /zif oyd/, adj. 1. Anat., Zool. sword shaped; ensiform. n. 2. the xiphisternum. [1740 50; < NL xiphoides < Gk xiphoeidés swordlike, equiv. to xíph(os) sword + oeides OID] * * * …
67xiphoid — adjective a) Shaped like a sword, ensiform. b) Of, or relating to the xiphisternum …
68Cartilage — Firm, rubbery tissue that cushions bones at joints. A more flexible kind of cartilage connects muscles with bones and makes up other parts of the body, such as the larynx and the outside parts of the ears. * * * A connective tissue characterized… …
69chondroxiphoid — Relating to the xiphoid or ensiform cartilage. [chondro + G. xiphos, sword, + eidos, appearance] * * * chon·dro·xi·phoid .kän drō zī .fȯid, zif .ȯid adj connecting a costal cartilage and the xiphoid process …
70line — 1. A mark, strip, or streak. In anatomy, a long, narrow mark, strip, or streak distinguished from the adjacent tissues by color, texture, or elevation. SEE ALSO: linea. 2. A unit of …
