CORPUS STERNUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The large central part of the breastbone

Synonyms:

corpus sternum; gladiolus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("corpus sternum" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Holonyms ("corpus sternum" is a part of...):

breastbone; sternum (the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs)

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