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Noun: xiphoid process
  1. Smallest of the three parts of the breastbone; articulates with the corpus sternum and the seventh rib
    - xiphisternum

Derived forms: xiphoid processes

Type of: bone, os[2]

Part of: breastbone, sternum

Encyclopedia: Xiphoid process