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The upper part of the breastbone
Answer for the clue "The upper part of the breastbone ", 9 letters:
manubrium
Word definitions for manubrium in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Manubrium \Ma*nu"bri*um\, n.; pl. L. Manubria , E. Manubriums . [L., handle, fr. manus hand.] (Anat.) A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment of the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the malleus. (Zo["o]l.) The proboscis ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the upper part of the breastbone [also: manubria (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context skeleton English) The broad, upper part of the sternum. 2 (context zoology English) The tube extending from the central underside of a jellyfish and ending in a mouth.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"handle-like process," 1848 in anatomy and zoology, from Latin manubrium "handle, hilt," properly "that which is held in the hand," from manus "hand" (see manual (adj.)).\n
Usage examples of manubrium.
Screaming people disappeared into the overlapping manubriums of the higher forms and were devoured.
And where some other man might glance over her breasts and dark areolaehe stared at the indentation at the manubrium and the ribs blossoming from it like spider's legs.