peristernal
peristernal adjective: around the sternum.
Adjective
peristernal (not comparable)
- Around the sternum.
- These authors also observed increased proportions of 18:1 in peristernal adipose tissue of starved reindeer calves.2015 December 18, “Fatty Acid Composition of Muscle, Adipose Tissue and Liver from Muskoxen ( Ovibos moschatus ) Living in West Greenland”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin of peristernal
From peri- + sternal.
Words that rhyme with peristernal
- kernel
- external
- internal
- colonel
- diurnal
- infernal
- journal
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- 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
- mesosternal
- metasternal
- midsternal
- nonexternal
- noninternal
- parasternal
- posteroexternal
- posterointernal
- poststernal
- presternal
- retrosternal
- sternal
- substernal
- supersternal
- suprasternal
- ternal
- tracheosternal
- transsternal
- vertebrosternal
Questions about peristernal
- What does peristernal mean?
- Peristernal means around the sternum.
- What part of speech is peristernal?
- Peristernal is an adjective.
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