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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sternum /ˈstəːnəm/

▶noun (pl. sternums or sterna /-nə/)

1 the breastbone.

2 Zoology a thickened ventral plate on each segment of the body of an arthropod.

– origin C17: mod. L., from Gk sternon ‘chest’.

'sternum' also found in these Oxford entries:

breastbone - manubrium - sternal - sternocleidomastoid - xiphisternum - xiphoid process

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