ster|no|clei|do|mas|toid

ster|no|clei|do|mas|toid: ster|no|clei|do|mas|toid «_STEHR noh _KLY doh MAS toyd», adjective.

connecting the breastbone (sternum), the clavicle, and the mastoid process of the temporal bone (applied to each of two muscles of the neck that serve to turn and nod the head).

╂[< New Latin sternum breastbone + Greek kleís, kleidós clavicle + English mastoid]

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clei — clei·thral; clei·thrum; col·po·clei·sis; hy·po·clei·di·an; hy·po·clei·di·um; ster·no·clei·do·mas·toid; ophi·clei·de·an; … English syllables
ster — ster; ster·co·bi·lin; ster·co·bi·lin·o·gen; ster·co·ra·ceous; ster·co·ral; ster·co·ra·nism; ster·co·ra·nist; ster·co·ra·rii·dae; ster·co·rary; ster·co·ra·tion; ster·co·ric·o·lous; ster·co·rite; ster·cov·o·rous; ster·cu·lia; ster·cu·li·a·ce·ae;… … English syllables
toid — an·a·phy·lac·toid; as·bes·toid; asth·ma·toid; ban·toid; cal·a·mi·toid; car·ci·no·ma·toid; cat·a·lep·toid; chlo·ri·toid; cho·reo·ath·e·toid; chro·ma·toid; cys·toid·ea; de·man·toid; den·toid; der·ma·toid; ec·ze·ma·toid; el·e·phan·toid;… … English syllables
sternocleidomastoid — ster·no·clei·do·mas·toid … English syllables
sternocleidomastoid — Relating to sternum, clavicle, and mastoid process. * * * ster·no·clei·do·mas·toid .stər nō .klīd ə mas .tȯid n a thick superficial muscle on each side that arises by one head from the first segment of the sternum and by a second from the inner… … Medical dictionary

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