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sternum
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USAGE NOTE
The plural of “sternum” is “sternums” or “sterna.”
sternum(
stuhr
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nuhm
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (anatomy)
a. el esternón (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The surgeons had to saw through the patient's sternum in order to access his heart.Los cirujanos tuvieron que cortar con una sierra el esternón del paciente para llegar al corazón.
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