CLAVICLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clavicle mean? 

• CLAVICLE (noun)
  The noun CLAVICLE has 1 sense:

1. bone linking the scapula and sternum

  Familiarity information: CLAVICLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLAVICLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bone linking the scapula and sternum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

clavicle; collarbone

Hypernyms ("clavicle" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Meronyms (parts of "clavicle"):

arteria subclavia; subclavian artery (either of two arteries that supply blood to the neck and arms)

Holonyms ("clavicle" is a part of...):

endoskeleton (the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates))

 Context examples 

There is a groove upon its surface showing that a great tendon played across it, which could not be the case with a clavicle.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A lymph node located in the area below the clavicle.

(Infraclavicular Lymph Node, NCI Thesaurus)

Its negative electrode is placed below the left clavicle.

(Lead Placement Pseudo Orthogonal XYZ, NCI Thesaurus)

The C refers to 'clavicle' where it is often placed.

(Lead Site CM5, NCI Thesaurus)

A traumatic or pathologic injury to the clavicle in which the continuity of the clavicle is broken.

(Clavicle Fracture, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by developmental abnormalities in the bones and teeth, including the complete or partial absence of the clavicles, delayed closure of the fontanels, protruding mandible, hypertelorism, scoliosis, and short stature.

(Cleidocranial Dysplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

The clavicle is part of the pectoral girdle.

(Clavicle, NCI Thesaurus)

One of approximately 20-30 lymph nodes in chain formation that traverse the concavity of the underarm to the clavicle.

(Axillary lymph node, NCI Thesaurus)

The junction of the upper distal end of the scapula to the distal edge of the collarbone, also known as the acromion and the clavicle.

(Acromioclavicular Joint, NCI Thesaurus)

An injury sustained during the birthing process in which the continuity is broken in the clavicle.

(Fracture of the Clavicle due to Birth Trauma, NCI Thesaurus)