sternal
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- adjective
- /ˈstɜrnəl/
- Specialized
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esternal
- After the accident, she had pain in her sternal region, which worried her doctors.
- sternal dehiscence
- sternal wound
- sternal wound infection
You see that this point, your super sternal notch is your pivot point.
- You see that this point, your super sternal notch is your pivot point.
Examples
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The sternal process has been split and the rib cage exposed.
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Probes for bacteriological cultures as well as sternal bone biopsies were taken.
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His super sternal notch is under his chin.
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Place the diaphragm at the apex of the heart at the left sternal border.
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No known changes in coding or monitoring for sternal wound dehiscence occurred during the time period.
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After the removal of the sternal wires, severe suppurative mediastinal infection was confirmed.
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After reopening the wound, sternal dehiscence with fragmentation was revealed.
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Chest wall and sternal tumors are for histopathological diagnosis during the preoperative period.
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The incidence proportion of sternal wound dehiscence in our population was 1.86%.
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The skeletal manifestations include arachnodactyly, tall stature, long limbs, kyphoscoliosis, and sternal, palatal, and joint defects.
Academic text (1992)
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sternal comes from the Latin sternum and the Greek sternon, which mean 'breast' or 'chest'. So sternal describes something 'of the breastbone' or 'related to the chest'.