clavicle
a bone of the pectoral arch.
(in humans) either of two slender bones, each articulating with the sternum and a scapula and forming the anterior part of a shoulder; collarbone.
Origin of clavicle
1Other words from clavicle
- cla·vic·u·lar [kluh-vik-yuh-ler], /kləˈvɪk yə lər/, adjective
- cla·vic·u·late [kluh-vik-yuh-leyt], /kləˈvɪk yəˌleɪt/, adjective
- sub·cla·vic·u·lar, adjective
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How to use clavicle in a sentence
The coracoids are robust, and the clavicles are strongly arched.
These, however, are only ossified points; but by the effect of a more ready expansion, the clavicles are wholly ossified.
Buffon's Natural History, Volume III (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de BuffonIt is clear that the paired elements of such a girdle were held rigid by their attachment to the interclavicle, via the clavicles.
The Ancestry of Modern Amphibia: A Review of the Evidence | Theodore H. EatonClavicles are present and the scapula and coracoid of each side are ossified from separate centres.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThere are probably no precoracoids, but clavicles and a T-shaped interclavicle are well developed.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
British Dictionary definitions for clavicle
/ (ˈklævɪkəl) /
either of the two bones connecting the shoulder blades with the upper part of the breastbone: Nontechnical name: collarbone
the corresponding structure in other vertebrates
Origin of clavicle
1Derived forms of clavicle
- clavicular (kləˈvɪkjʊlə), adjective
- claviculate (kləˈvɪkjʊˌleɪt), adjective
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Scientific definitions for clavicle
[ klăv′ĭ-kəl ]
Either of two slender bones that extend from the upper part of the sternum (breastbone) to the shoulder. Also called collarbone
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