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Sternum
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Sternum has 1 sense
- sternum(n = noun.body) breastbone - the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs; Array is a kind of bone, os
has parts: corpus sternum, gladiolus, manubrium, xiphoid process
is a part of chest, pectus, thorax, axial skeleton
Derived form adjective sternal1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Sternum, n. [NL., from Gr. , the breast, chest.].
- A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone. [1913 Webster]" The sternum is connected with the ribs or the pectorial girdle, or with both. In man it is a flat bone, broad anteriorly, narrowed behind, and connected with the clavicles and the cartilages of the seven anterior pairs of ribs. In most birds it has a high median keel for the attachment of the muscles of the wings." [1913 Webster]
- The ventral part of any one of the somites of an arthropod. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Sternum, n. (pl. sternums or sterna) the breastbone.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk sternon chest
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