clavicle
pronunciation
How to pronounce clavicle in British English:
UK [ˈklævɪkl]
How to pronounce clavicle in American English:
US [ˈklævɪkəl]
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- Noun:
- bone linking the scapula and sternum
Word Origin
- clavicle (n.)
- "collarbone," 1610s, from Middle French clavicule "collarbone" (16c.), also "small key," from Medieval Latin clavicula "collarbone" (used c.980 in a translation of Avicenna), special use of classical Latin clavicula, literally "small key, bolt," diminutive of clavis "key" (see slot (n.2)); in the anatomical sense a loan-translation of Greek kleis "key, collarbone." So called supposedly from its function as the "fastener" of the shoulder. Related: Clavicular.
Example
- 1. Clavicular hook plate for distal clavicle fractures and experience .
- 2. Fracture in sternal end of clavicle closed .
- 3. And tell him her clavicle is broken .
- 4. On a visit to her mother , belvin saw the family physician , who found a lump on her clavicle .
- 5. And a clavicle that was almost completely crushed .