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clavicular

clavicular

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Near the collarbone on the upper chest
  • adjective
  • /kləˈvɪkjələr/
  • Specialized
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  • A fracture of the clavicular bone can cause significant pain and affect shoulder movement.

Examples

  • The doctor examined the patient's clavicular area to check for any signs of injury.

  • Under general anesthesia, a long oblique incision was performed on the giant mass from the medial clavicular region to the anterior axillary line.

    Academic text (2007)

  • You can have non painful and large cervical or or clavicular lymph nodes which is very very common in very small children we see this quite commonly.

  • During the physical exam, the nurse noted swelling near the clavicular joint.

Surface Forms

clavicular positive

Morphology

clavicular = clavicle (transparent) = clavicle + ar

Regular noun-to-adjective formation with '-ar' yields 'relating to the clavicle', so the relation is directly derivable from the base.

Etymology

Clavicular comes from the Latin word clavicula, which means 'little key', from clavis, 'key'. Think of the collarbone as a small key that helps the shoulder move, so clavicular means 'relating to the collarbone'.