Definition of Clavicular

1. a. Of or pertaining to the clavicle.

Definition of Clavicular

1. Adjective. Of, or relating to the clavicle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clavicular

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Clavicular

1. Relating to the clavicle. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clavicular

clavered
clavering
clavers
claves
clavi
claviceps
clavichord
clavichordist
clavichordists
clavichords
clavicle
clavicle strap
clavicles
clavicorn
clavicula
clavicular (current term)
clavicular branch of thoracoacromial artery
clavicular facet
clavicular notch of sternum
clavicular part of pectoralis major muscle
clavicular percussion
claviculus
clavie
clavier
clavierist
clavieristic
clavierists
claviers
clavies
claviform

Literary usage of Clavicular

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"Elevation of the clavicle is principally limited by the costo-clavicular ligament ; depression, by the inter- clavicular. The muscles which raise the ..."

2. A Text Book of Anatomy, and Guide in Dissections: For the Use of Students of by Washington R. Handy (1854)
"The bones of the shoulder being composed of the clavicle and scapula, we have clavicular and scapular ligaments; and the clavicle being connected with the ..."

3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1883)
"The scapulo-clavicular joint has important functions in the movements of the ... The Left Shoulder-joint, Scapulo-clavicular Articulations, • and Proper ..."

4. The anatomist's vade mecum: a system of human anatomy by Erasmus Wilson (1845)
"The sterno-clavicular is an arthro- dial articulation ; its ligaments are, ... The anterior sterno-clavicular ligament is a broad ligamentous layer, ..."

5. An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy by Joseph Leidy (1889)
"The sterno-clavicular articulation is the centre of movement of the upper limb on ... The upward and forward movements arc limited by the costo-clavicular ..."

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