The iris has an ensiform leaf. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Anceps: two-edged; similar to ensiform, q.v. Ancestral: primitive; inherited from an earlier form or ancestor. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Complete motor and sensory paralysis below ensiform cartilage, with well-marked hyperæsthetic zone around trunk. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
Aperture of entry ragged, roughly circular, and 2 inches in diameter, with much-contused margins situated in the median line, nearly midway between the ensiform cartilage and umbilicus. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
Evidence of mediastinal hæmorrhage existed in the presence of subcutaneous discoloration of the abdominal wall, below the ensiform cartilage and extending slightly over the costal margin of the thorax. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
Xiphoid Process (processus xiphoideus; ensiform or xiphoid appendix). From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 4a. The Sternum] Reference
Portions of the lung, cartilages, ribs, and of the ensiform process of the sternum came away. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Place the finger-tips about two inches below the ensiform cartilage and perform the shaking backward and upward. From Wordnik.com. [Massage and the Original Swedish Movements] Reference
The postmortem showed a tumor from the ensiform cartilage to the symphysis pubis, which contained the omentum, liver. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
The abdomen in its largest circumference measured 68 inches, and 27 inches from the ensiform cartilage to the umbilicus. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
About one inch of the harpoon was seen protruding from below the tip of the ensiform cartilage; the harpoon was seven inches long. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
An incision was made from the ensiform cartilage to the umbilicus, the aneurysm exposed, and its cavity filled up with two meters of silver-plated wire. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
The postmortem showed a tumor from the ensiform cartilage to the symphysis pubis, which contained the omentum, liver (left lobe), small intestines, and colon. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
It is denticulated: it encloses the whole of the latter and inferior part of the chest as far as the sternum, where it is connected with the ensiform cartilage. From Wordnik.com. [The Dog] Reference
Then two pairs of thick ensiform appendages make their appearance at the opposite end of the body, and behind these a pair of tubercles which are easily overlooked. From Wordnik.com. [Facts and Arguments for Darwin] Reference
In 1752 there was described a remarkable monstrosity which consisted of conjoined twins, a perfect and an imperfect child, connected at their ensiform cartilages by a band 4 inches in circumference. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
They were healthy girls, four years of age, and apparently perfect in every respect, except that, from the ensiform cartilage to the umbilicus, they were united by a band 4 inches long and 2 inches wide. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
He was accidentally wounded in February, 1868, by an arrow which entered the back three inches to the right of the 5th lumbar vertebra, and emerged about two inches to the right of the ensiform cartilage. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
They were healthy girls, four years of age, and apparently perfect in every respect, except that, from the ensiform cartilage to the umbilicus, they were united by a band 4 inches long and 2 inches wide (Fig. 35). From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Ice to the abdomen, calomel pushed to free purgation, a small fly-blister below the ensiform cartilage, nutritious enemata, with stimulants in the form of whiskey or champagne, and hypodermics of strychnine, give a more hopeful prospect than would operation. From Wordnik.com. [Appendicitis] Reference
He unfastened the collar of her chemise in order to examine the state of her lungs; and then a brilliant blush rushed over her chest, in an arched line over the upper third of each breast, and extended downwards between the breasts nearly to the ensiform cartilage of the sternum. From Wordnik.com. [The expression of the emotions in man and animals] Reference
And fight was instantly shown on both sides -- the bird swooping repeatedly at its adversary, striking with its strong wings and thrusting with its ensiform beak; while the quadruped played back both with teeth and claws -- several times plucking a mouthful of feathers from the breast of its winged adversary. From Wordnik.com. [The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters"] Reference
The clavicle and the two margins of the sternum had no connections whatever, and below the groove was a hard substance corresponding to the ensiform cartilage, which, however, was very elastic, and allowed the patient, under the influence of the pectoral muscles, when the upper extremity was fixed, to open the groove to nearly the extent of three inches, which was more than twice its natural width. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
1-1/2 inch below the point of the ensiform cartilage, 1/2 an inch to the right of the mid line. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
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