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sternum
sternum is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 3 senses
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- 1noun
A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone.
- 2noun
The ventral part of any one of the somites of an arthropod.
- 3noun
the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs
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