different between sternum vs xiphisternum

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

Ancient Greek ????? (xíphos, “sword”) + English -i- (in place of the etymologically consistent -o-) + English sternum

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)n?m

Noun

xiphisternum (plural xiphisterna or xiphisternums)

1. The xiphoid process, a small cartilaginous extension to the lower part of the sternum, usually ossified in the adult human.