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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

peristernal en · ADJ

Etymology

From peri- + sternal.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Around the sternum.
    • These authors also observed increased proportions of 18:1 in peristernal adipose tissue of starved reindeer calves. 2015 December 18, “Fatty Acid Composition of Muscle, Adipose Tissue and Liver from Muskoxen ( Ovibos moschatus ) Living in West Greenland”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: