"entosternal" meaning in All languages combined

See entosternal on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} entosternal (not comparable)
  1. Relating to the entosternum. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: entoplastral
    Sense id: en-entosternal-en-adj-i0V15svO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Adjective [French]

IPA: /ɑ̃.tɔs.tɛʁ.nal/ Forms: entosternale [feminine], entosternaux [masculine, plural], entosternales [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Coined by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1818 as ento- + sternal. The prefix is from Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós, “inner”), in reference to its position as the unpaired central bone in Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire's proposed nine-bone model of the vertebrate sternum. Etymology templates: {{coinage|fr|Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire|in=1818}} Coined by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1818, {{prefix|fr|ento|sternal}} ento- + sternal, {{m+|grc|ἐντός|t=inner|w=1}} Ancient Greek ἐντός (entós, “inner”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} entosternal (feminine entosternale, masculine plural entosternaux, feminine plural entosternales)
  1. entosternal, relating to the unpaired central bone in the sternum Related terms: épisternal, hyosternal, hyposternal, xiphisternal
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