COSTO-XIPHOID

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 19

adj. Koast"o-zi'foid. For deriv., see COSTA and XIPHOID. Lat., costoxiphoideus. Fr., costnxipho'idien. Pertaining to the ribs and to the xiphoid cartilage. [L, 41.] [s. 424]