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Webster 1913 Edition

Episternum

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Epˊi-ster′num

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Episterna

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.

[NL. See

, and

.]

1.

(Anat.)

(a)

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

(b)

Same as

.

2.

(Zoöl.)

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