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Webster 1913 Edition

Manubrium

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Ma-nu′bri-um

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Noun.

;

pl. L.

Manubria

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, E.

Manubriums

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[L., handle, fr.

manus

hand.]

1.

(Anat.)

A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment of the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the malleus.

2.

(Zool.)

The proboscis of a jellyfish; – called also

hypostoma

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