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praesternal

praesternal is the archaic form of presternal.

Meaning of presternal

Adjective

presternal (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the presternum.

Questions about praesternal

What is praesternal the archaic form of?
Praesternal is the archaic form of presternal.

Words near praesternal in the dictionary

  1. praesidia
  2. praesidium
  3. praesidiums
  4. praesphenoid
  5. praesterna
  6. praesternal
  7. praesternum
  8. praesutural
  9. praesystolic
  10. praetaxation
  11. praeter-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: praesternal (page history and authors); presternal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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