English-Thai Dictionary

sternum

N กระดูก สัน อก  breastbone kra-duk-san-ok

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STERNUM

n.[Gr. , from fixing, setting. See Starch, Stark. ] The breast bone; the bone which forms the front of the human chest from the neck to the stomach.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STERNUM

Ster "num, n.; pl. L. Sterna, E. Sternums. Etym: [NL. , from Gr.

 

1. (Anat. )

 

Defn: A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone.

 

Note: The sternum is connected with the ribs or the pectorial girdle, or with both. In man it is a flat bone, broad anteriorly, narrowed behind, and connected with the clavicles and the cartilages of the seven anterior pairs of ribs. In most birds it has a high median keel for the attachment of the muscles of the wings.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The ventral part of any one of the somites of an arthropod.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sternum

ster num |ˈstərnəm ˈstərnəm | ▶noun ( pl. sternums or sterna |-nə | ) the breastbone. • Zoology a thickened ventral plate on each segment of the body of an arthropod. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek sternon ‘chest. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

sternum

sternum |ˈstəːnəm | ▶noun ( pl. sternums or sterna |-nə | ) Anatomy the breastbone. • Zoology a thickened ventral plate on each segment of the body of an arthropod. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek sternon ‘chest ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Sternum

Ster num Substantiv, Neutrum Medizin , das |St e rnum |das Sternum; Genitiv: des Sternums, Plural: die Sterna Brustbein

 

French Dictionary

sternum

sternum n. m. (pl. sternums ) nom masculin Os plat de la partie antérieure de la poitrine. Prononciation Le u se prononce o, [stɛrnɔm ]; le mot rime avec pomme

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sternum

ster num /stə́ː r nəm /名詞 複 -na /-nə /, ～s C 〘解剖 動物 〙胸骨 (breastbone ).