bifid
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fɪd adjective
separated or cleft into two equal parts or lobes.
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bifid (ˈbaɪfɪd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| divided into two lobes by a median cleft: bifid leaves | |
| [C17: from Latin bifidus from | |
| bi'fidity | |
| —n | |
| 'bifidly | |
| —adv | |
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Bifid
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
bifid bi·fid (bī'fĭd)
adj.
Forked or split into two parts.
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Example sentences
The spinous process is short and bifid, the two divisions being often of unequal size.
It may be bifid, and is sometimes deflected to one or other side.
When bifid, the ribs or transverse processes have the branches regularly superposed.
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