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XIPHOID PROCESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smallest of the three parts of the breastbone; articulates with the corpus sternum and the seventh rib
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("xiphoid process" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Holonyms ("xiphoid process" is a part of...):
breastbone; sternum (the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs)
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