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sternocleidomastoid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌstɝ.nəˌklaɪ.dəˈmæˌstɔɪd/ (General-American)
• /ˌstɜː.nə(ʊ)ˌklʌɪ.də(ʊ)ˈma.stɔɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin sternocleidomastoīdēs, from Latin sternum (“the breastbone”) + Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “the collarbone”) + Latin mastoīdēs (“like a breast”), equivalent to sterno- + cleido- + mastoid.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Relating to or involving the sternum, the clavicle and the mastoid process of the temporal bone.
2. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the sternocleidomastoid muscle.

Deriveds

sternocleidomastoid muscle

Translations (3)

pt esternocleidomastóideo (pertaining to the sternocleidomastoid muscle) · es esternocleidomastoideo (pertaining to the sternocleidomastoid muscle) · it sternocleidomastoideo (pertaining to the sternocleidomastoid muscle)

sternocleidomastoid en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌstɝ.nəˌklaɪ.dəˈmæˌstɔɪd/ (General-American)
• /ˌstɜː.nə(ʊ)ˌklʌɪ.də(ʊ)ˈma.stɔɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin sternocleidomastoīdēs, from Latin sternum (“the breastbone”) + Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “the collarbone”) + Latin mastoīdēs (“like a breast”), equivalent to sterno- + cleido- + mastoid.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of sternocleidomastoid muscle.
   alt of sternocleidomastoid muscle

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