Meaning

(of conjoined twins) United at the xiphoid process..

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1. (of conjoined twins) United at the xiphoid process.
2. (countable) Either of a pair of congenitally joined twins (Siamese twin) united at the xiphoid process.
3. (uncountable) The condition of being such a twin.

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.

They were born in the East Indies, and make the eighth case of xiphopagus reported.

The common twin types include thoracopagus, xiphopagus or omphalopagus, pygopagus, ischiopagus, and craniopagus.

Word Forms

• xiphopagous
• xiphopagi

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