manubrium

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mə no̅o̅′brē əm, -nyo̅o̅′-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ma•nu•bri•um  (mə no̅o̅′brē əm, -nyo̅o̅′-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -bri•a (-brē ə),USA pronunciation -bri•ums. 
  1. Anatomya segment, bone, cell, etc., resembling a handle.
  2. AnatomyAlso called presternum. 
    • the uppermost of the three portions of the sternum. Cf. gladiolus (def. 2), xiphisternum. 
    • the long process of the malleus.
  • Neo-Latin, Latin: a handle, akin to manus hand
  • 1650–60
ma•nu′bri•al, adj. 

'manubrium' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
episternum - gladiolus - presternum - xiphisternum

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