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One of the internal thoracic processes of the sternum of an insect.

olts in the vessel. One, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternum. Wiseman.

Of or pertaining to the sternum; in the region of the sternum. Sternal ribs. See the Note under Rib, n., 1.

One of the segments of the sternum. -- Ster"ne*bral, a.

The sternum of an arthropod somite.

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sternum; as, sternocostal, sternoscapular.

Of or pertaining to the sternum and the coracoid.

Of or pertaining to the sternum and the ribs; as, the sternocostal cartilages.

Of or pertaining to the sternum and the hyoid bone or cartilage.

Of or pertaining to the sternum and the mastoid process.

Of or pertaining to the sternum and the thyroid cartilage.

Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum.

he body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebræ, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest.

A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.

him well. Shak. Another, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from the sternum. Wiseman.

The posterior, or fourth, lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also xiphisternum.