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Sternum

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means the flat bone in the center of the chest connecting the ribs
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Stage 1 of 2
sternon
Greek · ancient
"the chest, the breastbone"
the chest, the breastbone
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Stage 2 of 2
sternum
English · 1670s
"the breastbone"
adopted directly as the anatomical word for the breastbone
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