- ster|no|mas|toid
- ster|no|mas|toid «STUR noh MAS toyd», adjective.= sternocleidomastoid. (Cf. ↑sternocleidomastoid)
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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… … Useful english dictionary
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
sternomastoid muscle — ster·no·mas·toid muscle mas .tȯid n STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID * * * (sternocleidomastoid muscle) a long muscle in the neck, extending from the mastoid process to the sternum and clavicle. It serves to rotate the neck and flex the head. * * * musculus… … Medical dictionary
sternomastoid — Relating to the sternum and the mastoid process of the temporal bone; applied to the sternocleidomastoid muscle. * * * ster·no·mas·toid (stur″no masґtoid) pertaining to the sternum and the mastoid process … Medical dictionary
substernomastoid — Beneath the sternomastoid muscle; denoting a group of deep cervical lymph node s. * * * sub·ster·no·mas·toid (sub″stər no masґtoid) beneath or inferior to the sternocleidomastoid muscle … Medical dictionary
Sternomastoid — Ster no*mas toid, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the mastoid process. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sternocleidomastoid — ster·no·clei·do·mas·toid … English syllables
o — abi·o·log·i·cal; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom; ab·o·li·tion·ism; ab·o·li·tion·ist; ab·o·li·tion·ize; ab·o·ma·sal; ab·o·ma·sum; ac·an·thol·o·gy; ac·an·thop·o·dous; acar·i·dol·o·gist; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; acar·i·o·sis;… … 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
