omosternum

English

Etymology

omo- +‎ sternum

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəm

Noun

omosternum (plural omosterna)

  1. (anatomy) The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians and is usually tipped with cartilage.
  2. (anatomy) In many mammals, an interarticular cartilage, or bone, between the sternum and the clavicle.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “omosternum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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