- sternum
- The long flat bone that forms the center front of the chest wall. The sternum is attached to the collarbone and the first seven ribs. Also called breastbone.
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sternum — [ stɛrnɔm ] n. m. • 1555; lat. méd., gr. sternon ♦ Os plat, allongé, situé au milieu de la face antérieure du thorax, s articulant avec les sept premières paires de côtes et, par son segment supérieur (⇒ manubrium), avec les deux clavicules.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Sternum — Ster num, n.; pl. L. {Sterna}, E. {Sternums}. [NL., from Gr. ?, the breast, chest.] 1. (Anat.) 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sternum — (lat., v. gr.), s. Brustbein … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Sternum — (lat.), das Brustbein … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Sternum — (lat.), das Brustbein (s. Brust) … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Sternum — Sternum, lat., das Brustbein … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Sternum — Sternum, 1) Brustbein der Wirbeltiere; 2) ventraler Bereich eines Segments des Insektenkörpers … Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie
sternum — 1660s, from Gk. sternon chest, breast, breastbone (in Homer, only of males), from PIE *stre to to stretch, extend, from a root meaning flat surface, related to stornynai to spread out (see STRUCTURE (Cf. structure)), on the notion of the chest as … Etymology dictionary
sternum — stèrnum m DEFINICIJA anat. široka, plosnata kost, s prednje strane zatvara prsni koš i spaja prednje krajeve gornjih 7 rebara; prsna kost ETIMOLOGIJA nlat. ← grč. stérnon: prsa … Hrvatski jezični portal
sternum — ► NOUN (pl. sternums or sterna) ▪ the breastbone. ORIGIN Greek sternon chest … English terms dictionary
sternum — [stʉr′nəm] n. pl. sternums or sterna [ModL < Gr sternon, the breastbone < IE base * ster , to spread out, STREW] a thin, flat structure of bone and cartilage to which most of the ribs are attached in the front of the chest in most… … English World dictionary
