sternal adjective & noun. ['stǝ:n(ǝ)l] M18.
[from STERNUM + -AL¹, after dorsal, ventral.]
Anatomy & Zoology.
A. adjective.
1. Of, pertaining to, or connected with the sternum. M18.

2. Situated on the same side as the sternum; anterior (in man), ventral (in other animals). Now rare or obsolete. E19.

3. Of or pertaining to a sternum or sternite in an arthropod. M19.
b. noun. A sternal bone. E20.

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