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breastbone

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breast·bone  (brstbn)
n.
See sternum.
breastbone [ˈbrɛstˌbəʊn]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the nontechnical name for sternum
breastbone  (brstbn)
See sternum.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.breastbonebreastbone - the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs
sternum
bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
corpus sternum, gladiolus - the large central part of the breastbone
manubrium - the upper part of the breastbone
xiphoid process - smallest of the three parts of the breastbone; articulates with the corpus sternum and the seventh rib
chest, pectus, thorax - the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
axial skeleton - the part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribs
breastbone noun
Related words
technical name sternum
Translations
breastbone [ˈbrestbəʊn] N → esternón m
breastbone breast bone [ˈbrɛstbəʊn] n (= sternum) → sternum m
breast cancer n → cancer m du sein
breastbone [ˈbrɛstˌbəʊn] n → sterno
breastbone [ˈbrɛstˌbəʊn] n → sterno


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Giles Hicks, living but a short distance from where I used to live, murdered my wife's cousin, a young girl between fifteen and six- teen years of age, mangling her person in the most horrible manner, breaking her nose and breastbone with a stick, so that the poor girl expired in a few hours afterward.
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There are twelve ribs, you know, and the two lower ones are called floating ribs, because they are not fastened to the breastbone.
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I should have died even then but for that as my sword was tight wedged in the breastbone of a Dator of the First Born.
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