Word.ws English Dictionary

sternothyroid

US/ˌstɝ.noʊˈθaɪˌɹɔɪd/

sternothyroid adjective: relating to the sternum and the thyroid cartilage. Also the ellipsis of sternothyroid muscle.

Adjective

sternothyroid (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the sternum and the thyroid cartilage.
  2. Of or pertaining to the sternothyroid muscle.

Also used as

sternothyroid is also the ellipsis of sternothyroid muscle.

Forms of sternothyroid

pluralsternothyroids

Origin of sternothyroid

Borrowed from New Latin sternothyreoīdēs, from sternum (“the breastbone”) + -o- + thyreoīdēs (“shield-shaped”); equivalent to sterno- + thyroid. Doublet of sternothyroideus.

Phrases with sternothyroid

Words that rhyme with sternothyroid

Questions about sternothyroid

What does sternothyroid mean?
Sternothyroid means relating to the sternum and the thyroid cartilage.
What part of speech is sternothyroid?
Sternothyroid is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sternothyroid?
Sternothyroid is pronounced /ˌstɝ.noʊˈθaɪˌɹɔɪd/ (US).

Words near sternothyroid in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sternothyroid (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “sternothyroid.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/sternothyroid. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.