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breastbone

[ brest-bohn ]

noun

  1. the sternum.


breastbone

/ ˈɛˌəʊ /

noun

  1. the nontechnical name for sternum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

breastbone

/ ĕō′ /

  1. See sternum
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of breastbone1

before 1000; Middle English brust-bon, Old English ŧDzٲ. See breast, bone ( def )
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Through scans, the doctors found out that the parasitic twin was attached to the teen's breastbone and was being supplied blood from a vessel in his chest.

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But a groundbreaking operation, which required his breastbone to be split open, saved his career and enabled him to represent England again and win the Premiership with Saracens in 2023.

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Spatchcocking involves using kitchen shears to cut out the backbone of the turkey and flipping it breast side up, pushing on that breastbone hard to crack it, allowing the turkey to lie flat.

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Aim for the center of the chest over the breastbone, or sternum.

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KYIV, Ukraine — The surgeons had made the long incision down the middle of the child’s chest, cut the breastbone to spread the rib cage and reach the heart in the operating room in Kyiv.

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