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Sternocostal :: Sternocoracoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the coracoid.

Hyposternums :: Hyposternums (pl. ) of Hyposternu.

Praesternum :: Praesternum (n.) Same as Preoral, Prepubis, Prescapula, etc..

Omosternum :: Omosternum (n.) The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians and is usually tipped with cartilage.

Sternly :: Sternite (n.) The sternum of an arthropod somite.

Asternal :: Asternal (a.) Not sternal; -- said of ribs which do not join the sternum.

Xiphiplastron :: Xiphiplastron (n.) The posterior, or fourth, lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also xiphisternum..

Episternal :: Episternal (a.) Of or pertaining to the episternum.

Hypoplastron :: Hypoplastron (n.) The third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called also hyposternum.

Presternum :: Presternum (n.) The anterior segment of the sternum; the manubrium.

Mesosternum :: Mesosternum (n.) The middle portion, or body, of the sternum..

Sternum :: Sternum (n.) 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..

Urosteon :: Urosteon (n.) A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.

Pigeon-breasted :: Pigeon-breasted (a.) Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity; chicken-breasted..

Metasternum :: Metasternum (n.) The ventral plate of the third or last segment of the thorax of insects.

Hypocleidium :: Hypocleidium (n.) A median process on the furculum, or merrythought, of many birds, where it is connected with the sternum..

Infrasternal :: Infrasternal (a.) Below the sternum; as, the infrasternal depression, or pit of the stomach..

Gladiolus :: Gladiolus (n.) The middle portion of the sternum in some animals; the mesosternum.

Omosternal :: Omosternal (a.) Of or pertaining to the omosternum.

Epimeron :: Epimeron (n.) In insects: The lateral piece behind the episternum.

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