different between manubrium vs episternum

English

Etymology

From Latin man?brium (“handle”).

Noun

manubrium (plural manubria or manubriums)

1. (anatomy) The broad, upper part of the sternum.
2. (zoology) The tube extending from the central underside of a jellyfish and ending in a mouth.
3. A knob or handle that controls the stops of an organ.

Derived terms

• manubrial

Related terms

• manubriate
• manubriated

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From manus (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ma?nu?.bri.um/, [mä?nu?b?i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma?nu.bri.um/, [m??nu?b?ium]

Noun

man?brium n (genitive man?bri? or man?br?); second declension

1. handle, haft

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• eximere alicui ex manu manubrium

Related terms

• manus

Descendants

• English: manubrium
• Italian: manubrio
• Spanish: manubrio

References

• manubrium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• manubrium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• manubrium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

epi- +? sternum

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)n?m

Noun

episternum (plural episternums or episterna)

1. (anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum
2. (entomology) The anterior part of the pleuron of an insect.

Synonyms

• manubrium
• presternum