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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 the sternum; the manubrium.

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pre- +‎ sternum

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