"metasternum" meaning in All languages combined

See metasternum on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: metasterna [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəm Etymology: meta- + sternum Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|meta|sternum}} meta- + sternum Head templates: {{en-noun|metasterna}} metasternum (plural metasterna)
  1. (anatomy) Synonym of xiphoid process (“small cartilaginous extension to the lower part of the sternum”) Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: xiphoid process [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-metasternum-en-noun-YYd-I3XY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with meta- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meta-: 67 33 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (entomology) The ventral sclerite (or exoskeletal plate) of the metathorax of insects. Categories (topical): Entomology
    Sense id: en-metasternum-en-noun-LTH4N42O Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: metasternal

Inflected forms

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