different between sternum vs substernal
sternum
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)
- (anatomy) The breastbone, consisting of the manubrium, gladiolus, and xiphoid process. [from 1660]
- (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
- 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)
- 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)
- (anatomy) The breastbone.
Inflection
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Descendants
- ? Czech: sternum
- ? English: sternum
- ? French: sternum
sternum From the web:
- what sternum means
- what sternum protect
- what sternum called
- sternum what type of bone
- sternum what does it do
- what causes sternum pain
- what is sternum pain
- what is sternum in human body
substernal
English
Etymology
From sub- +? sternal.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??(?)n?l
Adjective
substernal (not comparable)
- (anatomy) under the sternum
Translations
Anagrams
- brutalness, subalterns, subrentals, turbanless
Interlingua
Adjective
substernal (not comparable)
- substernal
substernal From the web:
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- sternum vs substernal
- sublingual vs substernal
- substernal vs sternal
- geriatric vs orthogeriatric
- surgeon vs orthopod
- eromenos vs eromenoi
- terms vs overflew
- overflew vs overflow
- terms vs sportful
- sport vs sportful
- playful vs sportful
- rarf vs ralphie
- scruffy vs ralphie
- scrumbles vs scrumples
- crumpled vs crumbled
- crumple vs crumble
- froze vs croze
- tool vs croze
- cooper vs croze
- head vs croze