xiphopagus
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
United at the xiphoid process.
noun
Either of a pair of congenitally joined twins (Siamese twin) united at the xiphoid process.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "Of particular interest in the Section on Obstetrics is the detailed article touching on the xiphopagus twins Radica and Doodica."
- "This type of anomaly, along with the xiphopagus type, is especially compatible with survival."
- "Second, a discordant presentation does not preclude the diagnosis of conjoined twins, particularly in xiphopagus twins."
- "Xiphopagi are those in which the ensiform processes are united by a cartilaginous bridge. The peritoneum passes for some distance into the connecting structure (the well-known Siamese twins were xiphopagi)."
- "Dr. Chapot-Prevost, who successfully operated upon the only other living xiphopagus, has just published a report of his examination of the new living Chinese twins, Liou-Tang-Sen and Liou-Seng-Sen."
- "In the case of a xiphopagus, there is most commonly only a band-like union in the region of the xiphoid process of the sternum."
Etymology
From xipho- + -pagus.