MANUBRIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: manubria   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The upper part of the breastbone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("manubrium" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Holonyms ("manubrium" is a part of...):

breastbone; sternum (the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs)

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