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Definition: Sternal |
SternalAdjective1. Of or relating to or near the sternum. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Relating or belonging to the sternum. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Sternal |
| English words defined with "sternal": Endothorax ♦ Hemapophysis ♦ Intersternal ♦ Urosternite. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sternal": Ewart's sign ♦ Poland Syndrome. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "sternal": Latisternal. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Sternal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 95.00% of the time. "Sternal" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 95% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Noun (proper) | 5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 20 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "sternal" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Sternal | Last name | 130 | 59,999 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "sternal": sternal ribs. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sternal | 9 |
precaution sternal | 3 |
pain sternal | 2 |
notch sternal | 2 |
fracture sternal | 2 |
closure flap sternal | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sternal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sternum-, sternal, brystbens-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | medullaire punctie (lumbar splenic puncture, sternal puncture), lymfklier aan het borstbeen (sternal lymph node). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lumbaalipunktio (lumbar splenic puncture, sternal puncture), lannepisto (lumbar splenic puncture, sternal puncture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sternal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Brustbein (breastbone, sternum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στηθικόσ (pectoral), θωρακικόσ (pectoral). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | puntura midollare (lumbar splenic puncture, sternal puncture), linfonodo sternale (sternal lymph node), angolo sternale (angle of Louis, sternal angle), angolo di Ludwig (angle of Louis, sternal angle), angolo di Louis (angle of Louis, sternal angle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ernalstay punção medular (lumbar splenic puncture, sternal puncture), gânglio linfático esternal (sternal lymph node), ângulo de Louis (angle of Louis, sternal angle). (various references) грудинный. (various references) punción medular (lumbar splenic puncture, sternal puncture), ganglio esternal (sternal lymph node). (various references) spinalpunktion (lumbar splenic puncture, sternal puncture), lumbalpunktion (lumbar splenic puncture, sternal puncture). (various references) göğüs kemiği ile ilgili. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "sternal": asternal, cisternal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "sternal" (pronounced 'Ster"nal'): Adrenal, Affinal, Anal, Annal, Antennal, Asternal, Autumnal, Binal, Caninal, Carnal, Cerebro-spinal, Coeternal, Crinal, final, fraternal, Gastroduodenal, Geanticlinal, Geosynclinal, hibernal, hymnal, Infraspinal, Infrasternal, lienal, Lucernal, maternal, matutinal, Mediastinal, Mesosternal, Metasternal, Monoclinal, Omosternal, Paludinal, Paraphernal, Paternal, Penal, Phonal, Piperonal, Plenal, Postanal, Prespinal, Prorenal, Prorhinal, Ranal, Regnal, renal, rhinal, Semidiurnal, sempiternal, Siphorhinal, spinal. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: antlers, rentals, saltern. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-n-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: alerts, alters, antler, antres, artels, astern, estral, laster, latens, learns, learnt, ratels, rental, salter, slater, staler, stelar, sterna, talers. | |
-2 letters: alert, alter, antes, antre, arles, artel, aster, earls, earns, elans, etnas, lanes, lares, laser, laten, later, leans, leant, learn, lears, least, nares, nates, nears, neats, nerts, rales, rants, ratel, rates, reals, renal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-n-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: asternal, centrals, enthrals, entrails, eternals, lanterns, latrines, neutrals, planters, ratlines, replants, retinals, salterns, slattern, strangle, tanglers, telerans, trenails, ventrals. | |
+2 letters: alertness, alterants, ancestral, cisternal, clarinets, earnestly, elaterins, entailers, enthralls, externals, fenestral, flaunters, gnarliest, inflaters, installer, integrals, interlaps, interlays, internals, intervals, lamenters, lannerets, larcenist, lateeners, levanters, marlstone, menstrual, mestranol, mislearnt, nearliest, orientals, outlearns, plankters, reinstall, relations, relaxants, reslating, resultant, retinulas, saintlier, serotinal, slatterns, snarliest, sterilant, strangely, strangled, strangler, strangles, subaltern, tarletans, terminals, tramlines, transaxle, translate, traplines, trawlnets, treelawns, treenails, triangles, triplanes, twanglers, unstabler. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Names: Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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