sterno-

a combining form representing sternum, in compound words:

sternocostal.

Also, especially before a vowel, stern-.

Related Words

sternocleidomastoid
sternocostal

sterno-|stɜːnəʊ|before a vowel stern-, combining form repr. Gr. στέρνον or L. sternum, occurring in several terms, chiefly of anatomy, usually denoting muscles, etc. connected with the sternum and some other part. (Many of these are found in Fr.: see Littré.) ‖ sternalgia |-ˈældʒɪə|; [Gr. ἄλγος pain], pain in the region of the sternum; spec. a synonym for angina pectoris; hence sterˈnalgic a., pertaining to or affected with sternalgia. ˌsternoclaˈvicular a., pertaining to or connecting the sternum and clavicle. sternocleidoˈmastoid a. [Gr. κλειδ-, κλείς key, clavicle + mastoid], connecting the sternum, the clavicle, and the mastoid process of the temporal bone; applied to each of two muscles of the neck which serve to turn and nod the head; also as n. (Also in L. form -oideus, pl. -oidei.) sternoˈcostal a. [L. costa rib], pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the ribs. sterno-ˈglossal a. [Gr. γλῶσσα tongue], pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the tongue, as the long retractor muscle of the tongue in the great ant-eater; also as n. sternoˈhyoid a., pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the hyoid bone; name of each of two muscles serving to depress the larynx; also as n. † ˈsternomancy [-mancy; cf. F. sternomantie (Rabelais)], divination by the breast-bone. † sternoˈmastic a. = next. sternoˈmastoid a., pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the mastoid process of the temporal bone; applied to the sternocleidomastoid muscle, or the part of it connected with the sternum (cf. cleidomastoid); also to an artery supplying this muscle; also as n. (sc. muscle). ˌsternomaˈxillary a. [L. maxilla jaw], pertaining to or connecting the sternum and lower jaw-bone, as the sternomastoid muscle in the horse. ˌsternoˈnuchal a., pertaining to the sternum and the nape of the neck. ˌsternoperiˈcardiac, -al adjs., pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the pericardium. sternoˈpleuron (also -pleurum, † -pleura; pl. -pleura) Ent., in flies, each of the two hard plates of the body wall to which the middle two legs are attached, protecting parts of the sides and parts of the underside; so sternoˈpleural a., of or pertaining to the sternopleuron, or to the sternum and the pleura. ˈsternothere |-θɪə(r)|, Zool., a tortoise of the genus Sternothærus [Gr. θαιρός hinge], characterized by a hinged plastron. sternoˈthyroid a., pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the thyroid cartilage (also † sternothyroˈeidal); also as n. (sc. muscle). ˈsternotribe a. Bot. [Gr. τρίβειν to rub], applied to flowers adapted for cross-fertilization by insects, in which the stamens and styles are so arranged as to touch the breast of the insect. sterno-ˈvertebral a., connected with the sternum and the vertebrae.1822–29Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) I. 660, I have..been under the necessity of giving it a new denomination.., hence the above name of *Sternalgia.Ibid. II. 443 The pain and struggle..sometimes resemble the signs of sternalgia or angina pectoris.1840Owen in Penny Cycl. XVIII. 257/2 For what purpose..were *sterno-clavicular and coracoid arches assigned to the Ichthyosaurus?1887Brit. Med. Jrnl. I. 279 The angle of the right jaw rested on the sterno-clavicular notch.1826S. Cooper First Lines Surg. (ed. 5) 408 A rigid contraction of one of the *sterno-cleido⁓mastoidei.1831R. Knox Cloquet's Anat. 27 The aponeuroses of the large pectoral and sterno-cleido-mastoid muscles.1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 41 The muscles of the tongue, the masseters, and sterno-cleido-mastoids.1785Cullen Instit. Med. i. (ed. 3) 142 The *sterno-costal and infra-costal muscles.1862H. W. Fuller Dis. Chest 5 The second sterno-costal articulation.1891Century Dict., *Sternoglossal.[1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Sternohyoides.1843Wilkinson tr. Swedenborg's Anim. Kingd. I. i. 20 The sterno-hyoideus.]1872Mivart Elem. Anat. 287 The *sterno-hyoid muscle is a long band which springs from within the sternum or clavicle, and goes to the basi-hyoid.1875W. Turner in Encycl. Brit. I. 836/2 The hyoid bone and larynx..can be..drawn downwards by the action of the sterno-hyoids, [etc.].1652Gaule Magastrom. xix. 165 *Sternomancy.1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xxv, Sternomancy..maketh nothing for thy Advantage, for thou has an ill proportion'd Stomach.1745Gentl. Mag. XV. 312/1 Behind the *sternomastic muscles.1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 746/1 The *sterno-mastoid and splenius muscles.1846F. Brittan tr. Malgaigne's Man. Oper. Surg. 114 The anterior surface of this [sc. the mastoid] process and the corresponding border of the sterno-mastoid should be grazed.1880Barwell Aneurism 72 The sternal and clavicular portions of both sterno-mastoids were widely separated.Ibid. 106 The right sterno-mastoid muscle.1871Huxley Anat. Vert. Anim. 353 The anterior portion of the sternomastoid is fixed to the mandible, and thus becomes ‘*sternomaxillary’.1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 865 *Sterno-nuchal or 4th cervical area.1877W. Turner Introd. Hum. Anat. ii. 396 The *sterno-pericardiac ligaments of Luschka.1901Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 2), *Sternopericardial.1884C. R. Osten-Sacken in Trans. Entomol. Soc. London 503 *Sternopleura; it is that portion of the mesosternum which, from its position, forms a part of the pleura... It is convenient to have a separate name for it.1925A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Entomol. iii. 600 The sternopleuron is situated below suture 2 and above the anterior coxa [of the thorax of Diptera].Ibid., The mesopleuron is the area in front of the root of the wing between the noto- and sterno-pleural sutures.1961J. E. Collin Brit. Flies VI. 108 Sternopleura with a bare polished patch.1975Nature 25 Dec. 668/1 The distribution of small bristles on the ventral part of the sternopleurum.1884C. R. Osten-Sacken in Trans. Entomol. Soc. London 503 Sternopleural suture, horizontal suture below the dorsopleural and parallel to it; separates the mesopleura from the mesosternum.Ibid. 510 Sternopleural bristles.1975Nature 25 Dec. 666/2 Studies of polygenes affecting sternopleural bristle number in Drosophila melanogaster.1876Nature XIV. 17/2 Four Blackish *Sternotheres (Sternotherus subniger) from Madagascar.[1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), *Sternothuroeides, a pair of Muscles of the Cartilago Scutiformis, which draw it downward: They arise from the uppermost and inward part of the Breast-Bone.]1840E. Wilson Anat. Vade M. (1842) 111 The sterno-thyroid muscles.1872Humphry Myology 111 Occasional inscriptions in the sterno-hyoid and sterno-thyroid.1681tr. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks. Vocab., *Sternothyroeidal muscle.1861R. E. Grant Tabular View Rec. Zool. 18 False ribs anterior to the *sterno-vertebral ribs.

sterno- /ˈstə:nəʊ/ combining form of Greek stērnon breast or Latin sternum: see -o-. Before a vowel also stern-.

DERIVATIVE sternalgia /-ˈnaldʒə/ noun [Greek algos pain] Medicine pain in the region of the sternum; spec. angina pectoris: E19.
sternoclaˈvicular adjective (Anatomy) pertaining to or connecting the sternum and clavicle M19.
sternocleidoˈmastoid adjective (Anatomy) pertaining to or connecting the sternum, clavicle, and the mastoid process of the temporal bone; esp. designating either of two muscles of the neck which serve to turn and nod the head: E19.
sternoˈcostal adjective [Latin costa rib] Anatomy pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the ribs L18.
sternoˈhyoid adjective (Anatomy) pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the hyoid bone; esp. designating either of two muscles that depress the larynx: L19.
sternoˈmastoid adjective (Anatomy) pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the mastoid process of the temporal bone; esp. = sternocleidomastoid: M19.
sternomaˈxillary adjective (Zoology) pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the mandible L19.
sternoperiˈcardial adjective (Anatomy) pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the pericardium E20.
sternoˈpleural adjective (Entomology) of or pertaining to the sternopleuron E20.
sternoˈpleuron noun, pl. -ra /-rə/, Entomology in flies etc., either of two thoracic sclerites to which the middle two legs are attached L19.
sternoˈthyroid adjective (Anatomy) pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the thyroid cartilage M19.
sternoˈvertebral adjective pertaining to the sternum and the vertebrae M19.

sterno-
— see stern-

sterno-

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Prefix

anatomy sternum

Derived terms

sternocostal

sternoscapular

词汇	sterno-
词根词缀	Dictionary.com OED SOED Webster Wiktionary sterno- 1 a combining form representing sternum, in compound words: sternocostal. Also, especially before a vowel, stern-. Related Words sternocleidomastoid sternocostal sterno-\|stɜːnəʊ\|before a vowel stern-, combining form repr. Gr. στέρνον or L. sternum, occurring in several terms, chiefly of anatomy, usually denoting muscles, etc. connected with the sternum and some other part. (Many of these are found in Fr.: see Littré.) ‖ sternalgia \|-ˈældʒɪə\|; [Gr. ἄλγος pain], pain in the region of the sternum; spec. a synonym for angina pectoris; hence sterˈnalgic a., pertaining to or affected with sternalgia. ˌsternoclaˈvicular a., pertaining to or connecting the sternum and clavicle. sternocleidoˈmastoid a. [Gr. κλειδ-, κλείς key, clavicle + mastoid], connecting the sternum, the clavicle, and the mastoid process of the temporal bone; applied to each of two muscles of the neck which serve to turn and nod the head; also as n. (Also in L. form -oideus, pl. -oidei.) sternoˈcostal a. [L. costa rib], pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the ribs. sterno-ˈglossal a. [Gr. γλῶσσα tongue], pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the tongue, as the long retractor muscle of the tongue in the great ant-eater; also as n. sternoˈhyoid a., pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the hyoid bone; name of each of two muscles serving to depress the larynx; also as n. † ˈsternomancy [-mancy; cf. F. sternomantie (Rabelais)], divination by the breast-bone. † sternoˈmastic a. = next. sternoˈmastoid a., pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the mastoid process of the temporal bone; applied to the sternocleidomastoid muscle, or the part of it connected with the sternum (cf. cleidomastoid); also to an artery supplying this muscle; also as n. (sc. muscle). ˌsternomaˈxillary a. [L. maxilla jaw], pertaining to or connecting the sternum and lower jaw-bone, as the sternomastoid muscle in the horse. ˌsternoˈnuchal a., pertaining to the sternum and the nape of the neck. ˌsternoperiˈcardiac, -al adjs., pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the pericardium. sternoˈpleuron (also -pleurum, † -pleura; pl. -pleura) Ent., in flies, each of the two hard plates of the body wall to which the middle two legs are attached, protecting parts of the sides and parts of the underside; so sternoˈpleural a., of or pertaining to the sternopleuron, or to the sternum and the pleura. ˈsternothere \|-θɪə(r)\|, Zool., a tortoise of the genus Sternothærus [Gr. θαιρός hinge], characterized by a hinged plastron. sternoˈthyroid a., pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the thyroid cartilage (also † sternothyroˈeidal); also as n. (sc. muscle). ˈsternotribe a. Bot. [Gr. τρίβειν to rub], applied to flowers adapted for cross-fertilization by insects, in which the stamens and styles are so arranged as to touch the breast of the insect. sterno-ˈvertebral a., connected with the sternum and the vertebrae.1822–29Good's Study Med. (ed. 3) I. 660, I have..been under the necessity of giving it a new denomination.., hence the above name of Sternalgia.Ibid. II. 443 The pain and struggle..sometimes resemble the signs of sternalgia or angina pectoris.1840Owen in Penny Cycl.* XVIII. 257/2 For what purpose..were sterno-clavicular and coracoid arches assigned to the Ichthyosaurus?1887Brit. Med. Jrnl. I. 279 The angle of the right jaw rested on the sterno-clavicular notch.1826S. Cooper First Lines Surg.* (ed. 5) 408 A rigid contraction of one of the sterno-cleido⁓mastoidei.1831R. Knox Cloquet's Anat.* 27 The aponeuroses of the large pectoral and sterno-cleido-mastoid muscles.1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VIII. 41 The muscles of the tongue, the masseters, and sterno-cleido-mastoids.1785Cullen Instit. Med. i. (ed. 3) 142 The sterno-costal and infra-costal muscles.1862H. W. Fuller Dis. Chest* 5 The second sterno-costal articulation.1891Century Dict., Sternoglossal.[1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict.* (ed. 2), Sternohyoides.1843Wilkinson tr. Swedenborg's Anim. Kingd. I. i. 20 The sterno-hyoideus.]1872Mivart Elem. Anat. 287 The sterno-hyoid muscle is a long band which springs from within the sternum or clavicle, and goes to the basi-hyoid.1875W. Turner in Encycl. Brit.* I. 836/2 The hyoid bone and larynx..can be..drawn downwards by the action of the sterno-hyoids, [etc.].1652Gaule Magastrom. xix. 165 Sternomancy.1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xxv, Sternomancy..maketh nothing for thy Advantage, for thou has an ill proportion'd Stomach.1745Gentl. Mag. XV. 312/1 Behind the sternomastic muscles.1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 746/1 The sterno-mastoid and splenius muscles.1846F. Brittan tr. Malgaigne's Man. Oper. Surg.* 114 The anterior surface of this [sc. the mastoid] process and the corresponding border of the sterno-mastoid should be grazed.1880Barwell Aneurism 72 The sternal and clavicular portions of both sterno-mastoids were widely separated.Ibid. 106 The right sterno-mastoid muscle.1871Huxley Anat. Vert. Anim. 353 The anterior portion of the sternomastoid is fixed to the mandible, and thus becomes ‘sternomaxillary’.1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 865 Sterno-nuchal or 4th cervical area.1877W. Turner Introd. Hum. Anat. ii. 396 The sterno-pericardiac ligaments of Luschka.1901Dorland Med. Dict.* (ed. 2), Sternopericardial.1884C. R. Osten-Sacken in Trans. Entomol. Soc. London* 503 Sternopleura; it is that portion of the mesosternum which, from its position, forms a part of the pleura... It is convenient to have a separate name for it.1925A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Entomol.* iii. 600 The sternopleuron is situated below suture 2 and above the anterior coxa [of the thorax of Diptera].Ibid., The mesopleuron is the area in front of the root of the wing between the noto- and sterno-pleural sutures.1961J. E. Collin Brit. Flies VI. 108 Sternopleura with a bare polished patch.1975Nature 25 Dec. 668/1 The distribution of small bristles on the ventral part of the sternopleurum.1884C. R. Osten-Sacken in Trans. Entomol. Soc. London 503 Sternopleural suture, horizontal suture below the dorsopleural and parallel to it; separates the mesopleura from the mesosternum.Ibid. 510 Sternopleural bristles.1975Nature 25 Dec. 666/2 Studies of polygenes affecting sternopleural bristle number in Drosophila melanogaster.1876Nature XIV. 17/2 Four Blackish Sternotheres (Sternotherus subniger) from Madagascar.[1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict.* (ed. 2), Sternothuroeides, a pair of Muscles of the Cartilago Scutiformis, which draw it downward: They arise from the uppermost and inward part of the Breast-Bone.]1840E. Wilson Anat. Vade M.* (1842) 111 The sterno-thyroid muscles.1872Humphry Myology 111 Occasional inscriptions in the sterno-hyoid and sterno-thyroid.1681tr. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks. Vocab., Sternothyroeidal muscle.1861R. E. Grant Tabular View Rec. Zool.* 18 False ribs anterior to the sterno-vertebral ribs. sterno- /ˈstə:nəʊ/ combining form of Greek stērnon breast or Latin sternum: see -o-. Before a vowel also stern-. DERIVATIVE sternalgia /-ˈnaldʒə/ noun [Greek algos pain] Medicine pain in the region of the sternum; spec. angina pectoris: E19. sternoclaˈvicular adjective (Anatomy) pertaining to or connecting the sternum and clavicle M19. sternocleidoˈmastoid adjective (Anatomy) pertaining to or connecting the sternum, clavicle, and the mastoid process of the temporal bone; esp. designating either of two muscles of the neck which serve to turn and nod the head: E19. sternoˈcostal adjective [Latin costa rib] Anatomy pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the ribs L18. sternoˈhyoid adjective (Anatomy) pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the hyoid bone; esp. designating either of two muscles that depress the larynx: L19. sternoˈmastoid adjective (Anatomy) pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the mastoid process of the temporal bone; esp. = sternocleidomastoid: M19. sternomaˈxillary adjective (Zoology) pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the mandible L19. sternoperiˈcardial adjective (Anatomy) pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the pericardium E20. sternoˈpleural adjective (Entomology) of or pertaining to the sternopleuron E20. sternoˈpleuron noun, pl. -ra /-rə/, Entomology in flies etc., either of two thoracic sclerites to which the middle two legs are attached L19. sternoˈthyroid adjective (Anatomy) pertaining to or connecting the sternum and the thyroid cartilage M19. sternoˈvertebral adjective pertaining to the sternum and the vertebrae M19. sterno-* — see stern- sterno- Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. Prefix anatomy sternum Derived terms sternocostal sternoscapular
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