Definition of episternum Episternum

ep•i•ster•num

We found 5 definitions of episternum from 3 different sources.

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What does episternum mean?

Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • episternum (Noun)
    The upper segment of the sternum.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • episternum (n.)
    A median bone connected with the sternum, in many vertebrates; the interclavicle.
  • episternum (n.)
    Same as Epiplastron.
  • episternum (n.)
    One of the lateral pieces next to the sternum in the thorax of insects.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • episternum
    ep-i-ster′num, n. the interclavicle: the epiplastron: the presternum of mammals.—adj. Epister′nal

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