Sterno

¹

[ stur-noh ]

Trademark.

1. flammable hydrocarbon jelly packaged in a small can for use as a portable heat source for cooking.

sterno-

²

1. a combining form representing sternum in compound words:

   sternocostal.

Example Sentences

To do this it may be necessary to cut away some of the fibres of the sterno-mastoid muscle.

From Project Gutenberg

To obtain room, the neck must be somewhat extended and the jaw pulled well forward and the sterno-mastoid muscle backwards.

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Desmognathous, without basipterygoid processes; with one pair of sterno-tracheal muscles.

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The next muscles to become stiff and painful are those of the neck, especially the sterno-mastoid and trapezius.

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The lymph glands, particularly those along the posterior border of the sterno-mastoid, become enlarged and slightly tender.

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