Breastbone
51body — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. torso (See body); solid, mass; group, assemblage; substance, bulk; main part. See whole, party. II Physical structure Nouns 1. body, anatomy, torso; carcass, cadaver, corpse, remains (See …
52sternum — ster•num [[t]ˈstɜr nəm[/t]] n. pl. na( nə), nums. 1) anat. zool. the bony plate or series of bones to which the ribs are attached anteriorly or ventrally in most vertebrates; breastbone 2) the ventral surface of a body segment of an arthropod •… …
53ὑποχόνδριον — ὑποχόνδριος under the cartilage of the breastbone masc/fem acc sg ὑποχόνδριος under the cartilage of the breastbone neut nom/voc/acc sg …
54anterior mediastinotomy — A procedure in which a tube is inserted into the chest to view the tissues and organs in the area between the lungs and between the breastbone and heart. The tube is inserted through an incision next to the breastbone. This procedure is usually… …
55Chamberlain procedure — A procedure in which a tube is inserted into the chest to view the tissues and organs in the area between the lungs and between the breastbone and heart. The tube is inserted through an incision next to the breastbone. This procedure is usually… …
56ratite — [rat′īt] adj. [< L ratitus, marked with the figure of a raft < ratis, raft, prob. < IE base * rēt , *rōt , beam > ROOD] designating a former group (Ratitae) of large, flightless birds of various orders having a flat breastbone without …
57sternum — [stʉr′nəm] n. pl. sternums or sterna [ModL < Gr sternon, the breastbone < IE base * ster , to spread out, STREW] a thin, flat structure of bone and cartilage to which most of the ribs are attached in the front of the chest in most… …
58corpus sternum — noun the large central part of the breastbone • Syn: ↑gladiolus • Hypernyms: ↑bone, ↑os • Part Holonyms: ↑sternum, ↑breastbone …
59manubrium — noun the upper part of the breastbone • Hypernyms: ↑bone, ↑os • Part Holonyms: ↑sternum, ↑breastbone …
60pigeon-breasted — adjective having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets • Syn: ↑chicken breasted • Similar to: ↑unshapely * * * adjective see pigeon breast * * * pigˈeon breastˈed or pigˈeon chested …
