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CORPUS STERNUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does corpus sternum mean?
• CORPUS STERNUM (noun)
The noun CORPUS STERNUM has 1 sense:
1. the large central part of the breastbone
Familiarity information: CORPUS STERNUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The large central part of the breastbone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
corpus sternum; gladiolus
Hypernyms ("corpus sternum" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Holonyms ("corpus sternum" is a part of...):
breastbone; sternum (the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs)
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