1. Split or divided into two parts; cleft.
Usage: Medical/anatomical term; Latin origin, used in scientific nomenclature

Examples

• Spina bifida is a birth defect in which the spine is bifidum.
• The bifidum structure of the leaf made it easy to identify the plant species.
• The surgeon noted the bifidum appearance of the tissue during the examination.
• In anatomy, a bifidum uvula is a relatively common variation.
• The bifidum nature of the bone required special surgical consideration.