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語源

Borrowed from New Latin sternum, related to 古期英語 steorn (“forehead”), German Stirn (“forehead”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈstɜː.nəm/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈstɝ.nəm/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)nəm

名詞

sternum (plural sterna or sternums)

1. (anatomy) The breastbone, consisting of the manubrium, gladiolus, and xiphoid process. [from 1660]
   • 2020, Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji, Faber & Faber, page 231:

     The neckline fell into a V, showing the bone of his sternum.

2. (arachnology) The sclerotized ventral plate of spiders, between the coxae, marking the floor of the cephalothorax.

派生語

参考

• bone

参照

• “sternum”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “sternum”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “sternum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

アナグラム

• Munster, Munters, Münster, munters

発音

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈstɛr.num]

名詞

sternum n (genitive sternī); second declension (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) The breastbone.

Inflection

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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