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clavicle

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

clav=i=cle

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun clavicle has 1 sense

clavicle(n = noun.body) collarbone - bone linking the scapula and sternum; Array

is a kind of bone, os

has parts: arteria subclavia, subclavian artery

is a part of endoskeleton

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CIDE DICTIONARY

clavicle, n. [F. clavicule, fr. L. clavicula a little key, tendril, dim. of clavis key, akin to claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Clef.].

The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter 1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

clavicle, n. the collar-bone.

Derivative

clavicular adj.

Etymology

L clavicula dimin. of clavis key (from its shape)

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