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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

;

pl.

Episterna

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(Anat.)

(a)

A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle.

(b)

Same as

(Zoöl.)

One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax of insects.

episternum ‎(plural episternums or episterna)