breastbone
pronunciation
How to pronounce breastbone in British English:
UK [ˈbrestbəʊn]
How to pronounce breastbone in American English:
US [ˈbrestboʊn]
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- Noun:
- the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs
Word Origin
- breastbone (n.)
- "sternum," Old English breostban; see breast (n.) + bone (n.).
Example
- 1. I had only mild symptoms at first : a slight pain below the breastbone when I swallowed , discomfort that felt like nerves or indigestion .
- 2. The t-cell precursors then go to the thymus , a small organ located under the breastbone , where they are called early thymic progenitors ( etps ) .
- 3. Chakraborty and colleagues had previously developed computational models of t-cell development in the thymus , an organ located behind the breastbone through which t cells must pass in order to become mature killers .
- 4. About the size of its owner 's clenched fist , the organ sits in the middle of the chest , behind the breastbone and between the lungs , in a moistened chamber that is protected all round by the rib cage .