different between sternum vs sternocleidomastoid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin sternum, related to Old English steorn (“forehead”), German Stirn (“forehead”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?st??.n?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st?.n?m/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n?m

Noun

sternum (plural sterna or sternums)

1. (anatomy) The breastbone, consisting of the manubrium, gladiolus, and xiphoid process. [from 1660]
2. (arachnology) The sclerotized ventral plate of spiders, between the coxae, marking the floor of the cephalothorax.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “sternum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “sternum”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
• sternum at OneLook Dictionary Search

See also

• bone

Anagrams

• Munster, Münster, munters

Czech

Noun

sternum n

1. sternum, breastbone

   Synonym: hrudní kost

Related terms

• sternální

Further reading

• sternum in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• sternum in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

Noun

sternum m (plural sternums)

1. sternum, breastbone

Further reading

• “sternum” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????? (stérnon, “breast, chest; breastbone”).

Pronunciation

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ster.num/, [?st??rnum]

Noun

sternum n (genitive stern?); second declension (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) The breastbone.

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

• ? Czech: sternum
• ? English: sternum
• ? French: sternum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin sternocleidomasto?d?s, from sternum (“the breastbone”) +? Ancient Greek ????? (kleís, “the collarbone”) +? masto?d?s (“like a breast”), equivalent to sterno- +? cleido- +? mastoid.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?st??.n?(?)?kl??.d?(?)?ma.st??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st?.n??kla?.d??mæ?st??d/
• Rhymes: -æst??d

Adjective

sternocleidomastoid (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to or involving the sternum, the clavicle and the mastoid process of the temporal bone.
2. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sternocleidomastoid muscle.

Derived terms

• sternocleidomastoid muscle

Noun

sternocleidomastoid (plural sternocleidomastoids)

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of sternocleidomastoid muscle.

References

• “sternocleidomastoid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “sternocleidomastoid”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).