CLAVICLE


Meaning of CLAVICLE in English

/ ˈklævɪkl; NAmE / noun

( anatomy ) the collarbone

—picture at skeleton

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WORD ORIGIN

early 17th cent.: from Latin clavicula small key, diminutive of clavis key (because of its shape).

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