retrosternal
retrosternal adjective: located behind the sternum.
Adjective
retrosternal (not comparable)
- Located behind the sternum
Origin of retrosternal
From retro- + sternal.
Words that rhyme with retrosternal
- 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
- mesosternal
- metasternal
- midsternal
- nonexternal
- noninternal
- parasternal
- peristernal
- posteroexternal
- posterointernal
- poststernal
- presternal
- sternal
- substernal
- supersternal
- suprasternal
- ternal
- tracheosternal
- transsternal
- vertebrosternal
Questions about retrosternal
- What does retrosternal mean?
- Retrosternal means located behind the sternum.
- What part of speech is retrosternal?
- Retrosternal is an adjective.
Words near retrosternal in the dictionary
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