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sternomastoideus

sternomastoideus noun: the sternomastoid muscle.

Noun

sternomastoideus (plural sternomastoidei)

  1. The sternomastoid muscle.
    • Its lateral surface for the origins of the sternomastoideus and cleidomastoideus muscles is smooth probably because of the young age of the holotype individual.2015 August 6, “A New Late Miocene Odobenid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, Japan Suggests Rapid Diversification of Basal Miocene Odobenids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of sternomastoideus

pluralsternomastoidei

Questions about sternomastoideus

What does sternomastoideus mean?
Sternomastoideus means the sternomastoid muscle.
What part of speech is sternomastoideus?
Sternomastoideus is a noun.
What is the plural of sternomastoideus?
The plural of sternomastoideus is sternomastoidei.

Words near sternomastoideus in the dictionary

  1. sternohyoid muscles
  2. sternohyoidei
  3. sternohyoideus
  4. sternomastoid
  5. sternomastoidei
  6. sternomastoideus
  7. sternomental
  8. sternomesal
  9. sternopericardial
  10. sternophorid
  11. sternophorids

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