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Clavicle   /klˈævəkəl/  /klˈævɪkəl/   Listen
Clavicle

noun
1.
Bone linking the scapula and sternum.  Synonym: collarbone.






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"Clavicle" Quotes from Famous Books



... however, seeing it opposite, avoided the brazen spear by a little; but he struck Schedius, the magnanimous son of Iphitus, by far the bravest of the Phoceans, who inhabited dwellings in renowned Panopeus, ruling over many men. Him he smote under the middle of the clavicle, and the brazen point of the weapon went quite through, near the extremity of the shoulder. Falling, he made a crash, and his arms rang upon him. Then Ajax again smote warlike Phorcys, the son of Phaenops, in ...
— The Iliad of Homer (1873) • Homer



Words linked to "Clavicle" :   arteria subclavia, os, subclavian artery, bone, collarbone, endoskeleton



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