xiphopagus

Etymology

From xipho- + -pagus.

xiphopagus means United at the xiphoid process. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

adj

United at the xiphoid process.“Of particular interest in the Section on Obstetrics is the detailed article touching on the xiphopagus twins Radica and Doodica.”

noun

Either of a pair of congenitally joined twins (Siamese twin) united at the xiphoid process.“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).”
The condition of being such a twin.“They were born in the East Indies, and make the eighth case of xiphopagus reported.”