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sternotracheal

sternotracheal adjective: of a muscle, connecting the trachea to the sternum.

Adjective

sternotracheal (not comparable)

  1. Of a muscle, connecting the trachea to the sternum.

Origin of sternotracheal

From sterno- + tracheal.

Questions about sternotracheal

What does sternotracheal mean?
Sternotracheal means of a muscle, connecting the trachea to the sternum.
What part of speech is sternotracheal?
Sternotracheal is an adjective.

Words near sternotracheal in the dictionary

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

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