Clavicle Definition

klăvĭ-kəl
clavicles
noun
clavicles
The bone that connects the scapula with the sternum; collarbone.
Webster's New World
One of the bones of the pectoral girdle in many vertebrates.
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Noun

Singular:
clavicle
Plural:
clavicles

Origin of Clavicle

  • From Middle French clavicule, from Latin clāvīcula, diminutive of clāvis (“key”).

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin clāvīcula from Latin diminutive of clāvis key (from its shape)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Clavicle Sentence Examples

  • Its strong belly originates near the shoulder joint from clavicle, coracoid and scapula.

  • In the fore-limb the clavicle and the radius and ulna are well developed, allowing of considerable freedom of motion of the fore-paw.

  • An X ray of the left shoulder confirmed a midshaft clavicle fracture.

  • He has shown that, as in the Crossopterygian and Chondrostean ganoid fishes, there co., are two clavicular elements on each side; the lower corresponds to the clavicle of reptiles and higher vertebrates, whilst the upper corresponds to the clavicle of teleostean fishes, and has been named by him "cleithrum."

  • There it was - a clean fracture of the left clavicle.

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Words Starting With

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