Definition of retrosternal in English:
retrosternal
adjectiveˌrɛtrə(ʊ)ˈstəːn(ə)lˌretrōˈstərnl
Anatomy Medicine Behind the breastbone.
complaints of retrosternal pain
Example sentencesExamples
- By morning I was feeling quite unwell with retrosternal chest pain, odynophagia, and mild dysphagia.
- A 58 year old Indian merchant working in an African country was admitted to hospital with severe retrosternal pain radiating upwards and down the right arm.
- He recently presented to his local emergency department with retrosternal chest pain.
- She also had occasional spasmodic retrosternal pain, usually after eating, but denied having symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux.
- On arrival, she complained about inability to swallow her saliva, coughing spells and continuous retrosternal pain.