Definitions for ensiform

ensiform en·si·form

Spelling: [en-suh-fawrm]
IPA: /ˈɛn səˌfɔrm/

Ensiform is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 358 anagrams from letters in ensiform (efimnors).

Definitions for ensiform

adjective

  1. sword-shaped; xiphoid.

Origin of ensiform

1535-45; Latin ēnsi(s) sword + -form

Examples for ensiform

Gastralgia is more frequent than enteralgia, and the pain is located about the ensiform cartilage.

The seventh vertebra articulates laterally at the point at which the ensiform process is attached to the corpus of the sternum.

We have now entered among the typical species, where every form occurs between a round and an ensiform shape.

The manubrium is thickened and drawn inward, the ensiform process protuberant, the sternum often swelled and painful to the touch.

The situation of the localized pain is usually at or a little below the ensiform cartilage.

Word Value for ensiform
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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