/ˈstɜːnᵻbriː/.sternebran.
/ˈstəːnᵻbrə//ˈstɜːnᵻbriː/. Anatomy.
Any one of the segments of the sternum or breastbone, each corresponding to a pair of ribs. Also (in some recent dictionaries) in anglicized form sterneber.
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heartspoonc1405
spoon of the brisket1575
manubrium1705
xiphisternal1835
episternum1840
mesosternal1854
mesosternum1868
presternum1868
xiphisternum1872
sternebra1881
mesosterneber1890
mesosternebra1890
sternite1916
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 50 It..consists of a chain of eight bones, called sternebræ.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 362 The last sternebra..sometimes..giving attachment to more than one pair of ribs.
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ˈsternebral adj. pertaining to or constituting a sternebra. (In recent dictionaries.)
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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