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sternotomy

sternotomy noun: an incision into the sternum.

Noun

sternotomy (plural sternotomies)

  1. An incision into the sternum.

sternotomy meaning in Tamil

sternotomy in Tamil

ஆகுரத் திறப்பு

Forms of sternotomy

pluralsternotomies

Origin of sternotomy

From sterno- + -tomy.

Words formed from sternotomy

Questions about sternotomy

What does sternotomy mean?
Sternotomy means an incision into the sternum.
What is sternotomy in Tamil?
Sternotomy in Tamil is ஆகுரத் திறப்பு. See Sternotomy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sternotomy?
Sternotomy is a noun.
What is the plural of sternotomy?
The plural of sternotomy is sternotomies.

Words near sternotomy in the dictionary

  1. sternothyroideus
  2. sternothyroids
  3. sternotomies
  4. sternotomize
  5. sternotomized
  6. sternotomy
  7. sternotracheal
  8. sternotribal
  9. sternotribe
  10. sternovertebral
  11. sternpicker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sternotomy (page history and authors); sternotomy (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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