BIFID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bifid mean? 

• BIFID (adjective)
  The adjective BIFID has 1 sense:

1. divided into two lobes

  Familiarity information: BIFID used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIFID (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Divided into two lobes

Context example:

a bifid petal

Similar:

divided (separated into parts or pieces)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

 Context examples 

Electrocardiographic criteria used for the diagnosis of left atrial abnormality may include a bifid p wave, a biphasic p wave and/or a p wave duration of greater than 0.12 seconds.

(P-mitrale by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by a spectrum of abnormalities which include polydactyly, cutaneous syndactyly, bifid epiglottis, hypothalamic hamartoma, and laryngotracheal cleft.

(Pallister-Hall Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by vascular abnormalities (aortic and arterial aneurysms, aortic dissection, and tortuosity of the arteries), hypertelorism, bifid uvula, and early fusion of the skull bones.

(Loeys-Dietz Syndrome Type 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients with TGFBR1 gene mutations also exhibit hypertelorism, bifid uvula, and early fusion of the skull bones.

(Loeys-Dietz Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of anaerobic, Gram-positive, bifid shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria.

(Bifidobacterium adolescentis, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of anaerobic, Gram-positive, bifid shaped bacterium assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria and the family Bifidobacteriaceae.

(Bifidobacterium, NCI Thesaurus)