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Definition of Episternum
1. n. A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle.
Definition of Episternum
1. Noun. (anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Episternum
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Medical Definition of Episternum
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Origin: NL. See Epi-, and Sternum.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Episternum
Literary usage of Episternum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outlines of Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by John Sterling Kingsley (1917)
"... the significance of which is unknown. It is possible, that traces of them
persist in the higher orders, even in man (fig. 62, ss). episternum ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"The true episternum is not present in the Lacertilia. It is present in the
Sauropterygia and Testudinata and probably in all the orders with one postorbital ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1895)
"The true episternum is not present in the Lacertilia. It is present in the
Sauropterygia and Testudinata and probably in all the orders with one postorbital ..."
4. Elements of Comparative Anatomy by Carl Gegenbaur (1878)
"A special piece, the episternum, is very commonly present in connection with the
sternum ; this has one of two forms according to the way in which it ..."
5. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Robert Wiedersheim, William Newton Parker (1897)
"An episternum is wanting in Chelonia and #, scapula ; C, coracoid ; Cl, ...
The origin and meaning of the mammalian episternum, which is preformed in ..."
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