sternum

1660, from Neo-Latin sternum, from Ancient Greek στέρνον (stérnon, “chest, breastbone, heart”), from Proto-Indo-European *stern- (“forehead, chest, side”). Related to Old English steorn (“forehead”), German Stirn (“forehead”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstɝnəm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstɜːnəm/

sternum (plural sterna or sternums)

1. (anatomy) The breastbone
2. The sclerotized plate of spiders, between the coxae, marking the floor of the cephalothorax

• sternal

• bone

• sternum at OneLook Dictionary Search

• Munster, Münster, munters

sternum n

1. sternum, breastbone

   Synonym: hrudní kost

• sternální

• sternum in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• sternum in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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sternum m (plural sternums)

1. sternum, breastbone

• “sternum” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).