STERNUM
\stˈɜːnəm], \stˈɜːnəm], \s_t_ˈɜː_n_ə_m]\
Definitions of STERNUM
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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The breastbone.
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Sternal.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By William R. Warner
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The breast-bone of vertebrates, specialized in Birds with a carina for wing-muscle attachment; the ventral plate of a typical Arthropod segment.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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An azygous symmetrical bone, situate at the forepart of the chest. It is flat; broad above; narrower in the middle; and terminates, below, by a pointed cartilage-the xiphoid. It has an anterior or cutaneous surface, a posterior or mediastinal-a superior or clavicular extremity, and an inferior or abdominal. It is articulated with the clavicles and the seven upper ribs on each side, by means of their cartilages. According to Beclard, it is formed of six principal bones, which he names, from their position, 1. Primi-sternal or clavi-sternal: 2. Duo-sternal: 3. Tri-sternal: 4. Quarti-sternal: 5. Quinti-sternal: 6. Ultimi-sternal or ensi-sternal.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The breastbone; a long, flat bone with which the clavicles and the costal cartilages of the true ribs articulate in front. From its general resemblance to a sword, its broad upper part has been called the manubrium, or presternum; and the middle part, the gladiolus, mucro, or mesosternum. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe