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ˈstɜr nəmster·num

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. sternum, breastbonenoun

    the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs

    Synonyms:
    breastbone

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  1. sternumnoun

    Synonyms:
    (Anat.) breastbone

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  1. Bryony Frost:

    Then I had a fall last summer and sustained a lacerated pancreas and liver, an aneurism, a cracked sternum and I fractured T8 and T7 (bones) in my back.

  2. William Schaffner:

    It's not a tickle in your throat. You're not just clearing your throat. It's not just irritated. You're not putting anything out, you're not coughing anything up, the cough is bothersome, it's coming from your breastbone or sternum. and you can tell that your bronchial tubes are inflamed or irritated.


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