supersternal
supersternal is the alternative form of suprasternal.
Meaning of suprasternal
Adjective
suprasternal (comparative more suprasternal, superlative most suprasternal)
- Situated or occurring higher than, or above, the sternum.
Origin of supersternal
From super- + sternal.
Words that rhyme with supersternal
- kernel
- external
- internal
- colonel
- diurnal
- infernal
- journal
- eternal
- fraternal
- paternal
- maternal
- hyosternal
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- nocturnal
- sempiternal
- supernal
- vernal
- anteroexternal
- anterointernal
- antesternal
- asternal
- chondrosternal
- coeternal
- coracosternal
- costosternal
- coxosternal
- dorsoexternal
- dorsointernal
- episternal
- hesternal
- hodiernal
- infrasternal
- intersternal
- latisternal
- mesosternal
- metasternal
- midsternal
- nonexternal
- noninternal
- parasternal
- peristernal
- posteroexternal
- posterointernal
- poststernal
- presternal
- retrosternal
- sternal
- substernal
- suprasternal
- ternal
- tracheosternal
- transsternal
- vertebrosternal
Questions about supersternal
- What is supersternal the alternative form of?
- Supersternal is the alternative form of suprasternal.
Words near supersternal in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: supersternal (page history and authors); suprasternal (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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