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English
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin sternocleidomastoīdeus, clipping of mūsculus sternocleidomastoīdeus (“sternocleidomastoid muscle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sternocleidomastoideus (plural sternocleidomastoidei)
- (anatomy) Alternative form of sternocleidomastoid muscle.
References
Latin
Etymology
From sternum (“the breastbone”) + Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “the collarbone”) + mastoīdēs (“like a breast”) + -eus (adjectival suffix). Doublet of sternocleidomastoīdēs.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sternocleidomastoideus (feminine sternocleidomastoidea, neuter sternocleidomastoideum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)
- (anatomy) sternocleidomastoid
- mūsculus sternocleidomastoīdeus ― sternocleidomastoid muscle
Inflection
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants