sternum

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from New Latin sternum, related to Old English steorn (“forehead”), German Stirn (“forehead”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstɜː.nəm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstɝ.nəm/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəm === Noun === sternum (plural sterna or sternums) (anatomy) The breastbone, consisting of the manubrium, gladiolus, and xiphoid process. [from 1660] (arachnology) The sclerotized ventral plate of spiders, between the coxae, marking the floor of the cephalothorax. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === bone === References === “sternum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “sternum”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “sternum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Munster, Munters, Münster, munters == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈstɛrnum] === Noun === sternum n sternum, breastbone Synonym: hrudní kost ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “sternum”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “sternum”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stɛʁ.nɔm/ === Noun === sternum m (plural sternums) sternum, breastbone === Further reading === “sternum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek στέρνον (stérnon, “breast, chest; breastbone”). === Pronunciation === (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈstɛr.num] === Noun === sternum n (genitive sternī); second declension (New Latin) (anatomy) The breastbone. ==== Inflection ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ====