Xiphoid

(zif'-oid). Ensiform;sword-shaped. X. Appendix, or Proce , the; third piece, or ensiform proce , of the sternum; i sternum. It is cartilaginous in youth and o eous in mature age. Ciphoidian (zif-oid'-ean). Belonging or pertaining to the ensiform cartilage. Ciphopagus. A mon omphalic monstrosity united by the I xiphoid cartilages or the epigastrium. The Siamese twins furnished an example. '.i pho phyllo us. In biology, having sword-shaped leaves. -Rays, or Rontgen Rays (rentf-jeri). The peculiar rays or ether-waves discovered by Profe or Rontgen, of Wiirzburg. A vacuum-tube is used with two wires sealed through the gla , these being connected with the two - 1 poles of a battery. The rays from the cathode have i a penetrating power through matter opaque to other r rays, and by their use photographs (skiagraphs, I shadow grams, etc.) may be taken of bones, metallic stances, etc., situated in the ti ues, thus proving of " service in the diagnosis of fractures of bones, the of foreign bodies, etc.