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clavicle
[ klav-i-kuhl ]
noun
- a bone of the pectoral arch.
- (in humans) either of two slender bones, each articulating with the sternum and a scapula and forming the anterior part of a shoulder; collarbone.
clavicle
/ kləˈvɪkjʊlə; kləˈvɪkjʊˌleɪt; ˈklævɪkəl /
noun
- either of the two bones connecting the shoulder blades with the upper part of the breastbone Nontechnical namecollarbone
- the corresponding structure in other vertebrates
clavicle
/ klăv′ĭ-kəl /
- Either of two slender bones that extend from the upper part of the sternum (breastbone) to the shoulder.
- Also called collarbone
Derived Forms
- claviculate, adjective
- clavicular, adjective
Other Words From
- cla·vic·u·lar [kl, uh, -, vik, -y, uh, -ler], adjective
- cla·vic·u·late [kl, uh, -, vik, -y, uh, -leyt], adjective
- subcla·vicu·lar adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of clavicle1
Example Sentences
Victor was found by doctors who examined him last week to have suffered past injuries including a broken arm and clavicle.
And the clavicle alone, Berger says, would have electrified the world of paleoanthropology.
The left shoulder, on the contrary, was smaller and sunken in, as if the clavicle had been displaced.
In the pelvic girdle the ilium corresponds to the scapula, the ischium to the coracoid, the pubis to the clavicle.
The upper part of the humerus, a part of the clavicle and a part of the scapula had been removed.
It had severed the clavicle, and improperly knit, drew the left arm slightly forward.
He had once been a soldier, where the height of the men's clavicle is important in assigning the carrying of burdens.
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