Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
præsternum .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The anterior segment of the sternum; the manubrium.
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- noun anatomy The
anterior segment of thesternum ; themanubrium .
Etymologies
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pre- + sternum
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Examples
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There were two deep gashes on his chest just below the presternum.
Pirates of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1962
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The sternum of the _Balaena_ consists of a broad, flattened, heart-shaped or oval presternum.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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