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Webster 1913 Edition

Breastbone

Breast′boneˊ

(brĕst′bōnˊ)

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Noun.

The bone of the breast; the sternum.

Webster 1828 Edition

Breastbone

BREAST'BONE

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Noun.

[breast and bone.] The bone of the breast; the sternum.

Definition 2024

breastbone

breastbone

See also: breast bone

English

Alternative forms

breast bone

Noun

breastbone ‎(plural breastbones)

(anatomy) The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.

Synonyms

sternum

Translations

the central narrow bone in the front of the chest

Arabic: اَلْقَصّ m ‎(al-qaṣṣ)
Egyptian Arabic: القص m ‎(e-qaṣṣ)
Armenian: կրծոսկր (hy) ‎(krcoskr)
Asturian: esternón (ast) m
Bengali: বক্ষাস্থি ‎(bakṣāsthi)
Catalan: estern m, estèrnum m
Central Melanau: tujou
Chinese:

Cantonese: 胸骨 ‎(hung¹ gwat¹)

Mandarin: 胸骨 (zh) ‎(xiōnggǔ)
Czech: hrudní kost (cs) f
Dhivehi: އުރަމަތީ ކަށިގަނޑު ‎(uramatī kashiganaḍu)
Dutch: borstbeen (nl) n
Estonian: rinnak
Finnish: rintalasta (fi)
French: sternum (fr) m
Galician: esterno (gl) m
German: Brustbein (de) n, Sternum n
Gujarati: ઉરોસ્થિ ‎(urōsthi), છાતીનું હાડકું ‎(chātīnū̃ hāḍkū̃)

Hebrew: עצם החזה (etzem ha'khaze) m
Hindi: उरोस्थि ‎(urōsthi)
Icelandic: bringubein (is) n, brjóstbein n
Indonesian: tulang dada, sternum, tulang rawan (id)
Italian: sterno (it) m
Japanese: 胸骨 (ja) ‎(きょうこつ, kyōkotsu)
Korean: 가슴뼈 (ko) ‎(gaseumppyeo)
Malay: tulang dada, sternum, tulang papan, tulang rimau menangis, tulang rawan
Maori: whaturei
Marathi: छातीचे हाड ‎(chātīcē hāḍ), उरोस्थी ‎(urōsthi)
Motu: abagoro
Polish: mostek (pl) m
Portuguese: esterno (pt) m
Russian: груди́на (ru) f ‎(grudína), грудна́я кость f ‎(grudnája kostʹ)
Scots: breestbane
Scottish Gaelic: cnàimh a' chlèibh m
Slovene: pŕsnica f
Spanish: esternón (es) m
Tagalog: butundibdib
Telugu: ఉరోస్థి (te) ‎(urōsthi)