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MANUBRIUM
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Irregular inflected form: manubria
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The upper part of the breastbone
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("manubrium" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Holonyms ("manubrium" is a part of...):
breastbone; sternum (the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs)