sternon
71sternaulus — n.; pl. li, lices [Gr. sternon, chest; aulos, tube] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In ichneumonid Hymenoptera, a horizontal groove on the lower edge of the mesopleurum from the prepectal carina backwards, sometimes reaching the base of the middle coxa;… …
72sternellum — n. [Gr. dim. sternon, chest] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A part of the eusternum posterior to the sternacostal suture …
73sternite — n. [Gr. sternon, chest] (ARTHROPODA) The main ventral sclerite of a somite …
74sternopleurite — n. [Gr. sternon, chest; pleuron, side] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The ventral sclerite of the thoracic pleuron that articulates with the coxa and becomes fused with the sternum; a sternopleuron …
75sternum — n.; pl. sterna [Gr. sternon, chest] 1. (ARTHROPODA) The primary ventral portions of the somites, or the composite ventral sclerite of a segment. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) The sclerotized plate of spiders between the coxae marking the floor of… …
76tritosternum — n. [Gr. tritos, third; sternon, chest] (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) In Mesostigmata, a secondary, ventral, bristlelike sensory organ just behind the gnathosoma …
77urosternite — n. [Gr. oura, tail; sternon, chest] (ARTHROPODA) The sternal or ventral part of the uromeres …
78ster- — I. ster 1 Stiff. Derivatives include stare, starch, stork, starve, and torpedo. I. O grade form *stor . 1. Suffixed form *stor ē . stare, from …
79sternum — /sterr neuhm/, n., pl. sterna / neuh/, sternums. 1. Anat., Zool. a bone or series of bones extending along the middle line of the ventral portion of the body of most vertebrates, consisting in humans of a flat, narrow bone connected with the… …
80asternal — 1. Not related to or connected with the sternum, e.g., a. rib. 2. Without a sternum. [G. a priv. + sternon, chest] * * * aster·nal ( )ā stərn əl adj not sternal: a) unattached to the sternum <the floating ribs are asternal> b) having no… …
