sternum

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Etymology

1660, from Neo-Latin sternum, from Ancient Greek στέρνον (stérnon, “chest, breastbone, heart”), from Proto-Indo-European *stern- (“forehead, chest, side”). Related to Old English steorn (“forehead”), German Stirn (“forehead”).

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Pronunciation

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Noun

sternum (plural sterna or sternums)

  1. (anatomy) The breastbone
  2. The sclerotized plate of spiders, between the coxae, marking the floor of the cephalothorax

Translations

breastbone — see breastbone

See also

Further reading

  • “sternum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

Czech

Noun

sternum n

  1. sternum, breastbone
    Synonym: hrudní kost

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

sternum m (plural sternums)

  1. sternum, breastbone

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