mesosternal
mesosternal adjective: of or pertaining to the mesosternum.
Adjective
mesosternal (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the mesosternum.
- mesosternal lobe
- mesosternal segments
Origin of mesosternal
Coined by Richard Owen in 1853 as meso- + sternal. The prefix is from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”), in reference to its position between the hyosternal and hyposternal bones.
Words that rhyme with mesosternal
- kernel
- external
- internal
- colonel
- diurnal
- infernal
- journal
- eternal
- fraternal
- paternal
- maternal
- hyosternal
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- nocturnal
- sempiternal
- supernal
- vernal
- anteroexternal
- anterointernal
- antesternal
- asternal
- chondrosternal
- coeternal
- coracosternal
- costosternal
- coxosternal
- dorsoexternal
- dorsointernal
- episternal
- hesternal
- hodiernal
- infrasternal
- intersternal
- latisternal
- metasternal
- midsternal
- nonexternal
- noninternal
- parasternal
- peristernal
- posteroexternal
- posterointernal
- poststernal
- presternal
- retrosternal
- sternal
- substernal
- supersternal
- suprasternal
- ternal
- tracheosternal
- transsternal
- vertebrosternal
Questions about mesosternal
- What does mesosternal mean?
- Mesosternal means of or pertaining to the mesosternum.
- What part of speech is mesosternal?
- Mesosternal is an adjective.
Words near mesosternal in the dictionary
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