(a.) Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped; as, an ensiform leaf.
Example Sentences:
(1) We recorded routine twelve leads, posterior chest leads, ensiform lead, right-sided precordial leads, lead CM5 and oesophageal electrocardiogram at different levels in all individuals.
(2) The configuration of the constant properitoneal body of fat with contained vasculature (ensiform vessels and portions of the ligamentum teres) and its relationship to the falciform ligament were studied by reviewing 122 computer tomographic scans of 103 patients with ascites.
(3) Both the tissues and cultured cells had the same receptors to Concanavalin ensiforme (Con A), Ricinus communis Agglutinin (RCA-I) and Triticum vulgaris (WGA) but not to Dolichos biflorus (DBA), Ulex europaeus (UEA-1), Soybean (SBA) and Arachis hypogea (PNA).
Xiphoid
Definition:
(a.) Like a sword; ensiform.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the xiphoid process; xiphoidian.
Example Sentences:
(1) The line of attachment of each hemidiaphragm begins at the anterior axillary line and extends cranially and medially to meet at the xiphoid process.
(2) The results are related to a transverse axis passing through the apex of the xiphoid process and the median plane in the supine position.
(3) The fine epitope specificity of two murine monoclonal antibodies (HP 2G2 and HP 4D3)1 raised against rabbit xiphoid cartilage proteoglycan monomer (fraction AlDlDl) was determined by solid-phase radioimmune assay utilizing native and heat-denatured (50 degrees C, 30 min) AlDlDl as antigen.
(4) This cold-warm water protocol was repeated on separate days for exposure to the remaining conditions of body immersion (immersion of 1 forearm and all tissues below the xiphoid process) and control (no immersion).
(5) The flap length, which optimally produced predictable and persistent necrosis, was found midway between the xiphoid and the sternal notch.
(6) This article presents the case of a child with an unusual type of cleft sternum characterized by fusion superiorly between the clavicles and inferiorly at the xiphoid with wide intervening separation.
(7) Rats were intubated and ventilated mechanically then subjected to a midline ventral incision from larynx to xiphoid process.
(8) Raising the water to xiphoid level pushed the abdomen in and expanded the rib cage at end expiration.
(9) Six normal male volunteers, aged 25 to 34, suspended vertically in a harness that allowed them to completely relax their postural muscles, were studied in four randomly ordered conditions, namely in air at 28 degrees C, and immersed in water at 35 degrees C to the level of the hips, the xiphoid, or the chin.
(10) There were on land at 24 degrees C (LND), and immersed in water at 33-34 degrees C to hip level (HIP), and to the xiphoid (XIP).
(11) Each patient had a soft continuous murmur with distinct diastolic accentuation at the low left sternal border or xiphoid area.
(12) The patient presented with a subcutaneous hematoma of the abdominal wall that extended from the xiphoid process to the symphysis pubis and measured 20 cm in diameter.
(13) The sternal and xiphoid area, left costosternal junctions, and left anterior chest wall were the areas where tenderness was most common, but no significant differences were found comparing locations of tenderness in those with reproduction of typical pain.
(14) It consists of 2.5 cm in height, elastic inductive plethysmographic transducers placed transversely in the proximity of the xiphoid process to provide changes in cross-sectional area on a transverse plane across the minor ventricular axis.
(15) A physical examination demonstrated a film, slightly tender lesion at the liver's edge palpable 10 cm below the xiphoid process.
(16) In an effort to understand the perceived correlation of internal mammary artery harvesting and wound healing difficulties in the inferior margins of the sternotomy incision, we showed the cutaneous vascular perfusion in the sternal and xiphoid areas by India ink injection studies in cadavers.
(17) Since the site 3 cm caudad to the xiphoid process is known to anatomically transect solely a segment of the left ventricle, it was designated the TCG-Reference location.
(18) We attempted this procedure in six of seven patients who had large abdominal wall defects that reached the xiphoid process.
(19) Rats were fasted for 22 h, placed in a restraint cage, and immersed in water to the xiphoid process for different times lasting from 2 to 8 h. After 6 h, stress slightly increased gastric mucosal ODC and caused a sevenfold increase in duodenal mucosal ODC activity.
(20) Xiphoid-to-shoulder immersion was less easily interpreted, since both rib cage and abdomen were compressed, lengthening both inspiratory muscles.