xiphoid process
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xiphoid process
The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 xiphoid process xiphisternum /zif'oid/, the smallest of three parts of the breastbone near the seventh rib. Several muscles of the stomach wall are attached to the xiphoid process. Also called ensiform process, xiphisternum, xiphoid appendix. The ideas, ...
October 1, 1996; The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia
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