STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID


Meaning of STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID in English

I. |stər(ˌ)nō|klīdə|maˌstȯid adjective

Etymology: New Latin sternocleidomastoides, from stern- + cleid- + mastoides mastoid

: of, relating to, or constituting a thick superficial muscle on each side arising by one head from the first segment of the sternum and a second from the inner part of the clavicle and inserted into the mastoid and occipital bone

II. noun

: a sternocleidomastoid muscle

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