breastbone
the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs • Syn: sternum • Derivationally related forms: sternal (for: sternum) • Hypernyms: bone, os • Part Holonyms: thorax, chest, pectus, axial skeleton • Part Meronyms: gladiolus, corpus sternum, manubrium, xiphoid process
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