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sternothoracic

sternothoracic adjective: sternal and thoracic.

Adjective

sternothoracic (not comparable)

  1. sternal and thoracic

Origin of sternothoracic

From sterno- + thoracic.

Questions about sternothoracic

What does sternothoracic mean?
Sternothoracic means sternal and thoracic.
What part of speech is sternothoracic?
Sternothoracic is an adjective.

Words near sternothoracic in the dictionary

  1. sternopygids
  2. sternorrhynchan
  3. sternorrhynchans
  4. sternorrhynchous
  5. sternoscapular
  6. sternothoracic
  7. sternothyroid
  8. sternothyroid muscle
  9. sternothyroid muscles
  10. sternothyroidei
  11. sternothyroideus

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