manubria

  • 1Manubria — Manubrium Ma*nu bri*um, n.; pl. L. {Manubria}, E. {Manubriums}. [L., handle, fr. manus hand.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anat.) A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment of the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2manubria — ma·nu·bria (mə nooґbre ə) [L.] plural of manubrium …

    Medical dictionary

  • 3manubria — n. part which resembles a handle, presternum (Anatomy, Zoology); upper part of the sternum (Anatomy); long process of the malleus (Anatomy); handle (Archaic) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 4Рукоятка (Manubrium, Множ. Manubria) — 1. Верхний отдел грудины (см. Грудина). Соединяется с ключицами и первыми реберными хрящами; вторые реберные хрящи соединяются с грудиной между ее рукояткой и телом, объединяя их. 2. Напоминающая рукоятку часть молоточка (косточки внутреннего… …

    Медицинские термины

  • 5hypostoma — Manubrium Ma*nu bri*um, n.; pl. L. {Manubria}, E. {Manubriums}. [L., handle, fr. manus hand.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anat.) A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment of the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the… …

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  • 6Manubrium — Ma*nu bri*um, n.; pl. L. {Manubria}, E. {Manubriums}. [L., handle, fr. manus hand.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anat.) A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment of the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the malleus. [1913 …

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  • 7Manubriums — Manubrium Ma*nu bri*um, n.; pl. L. {Manubria}, E. {Manubriums}. [L., handle, fr. manus hand.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anat.) A handlelike process or part; esp., the anterior segment of the sternum, or presternum, and the handlelike process of the… …

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  • 8manubrium — noun (plural manubria; also briums) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, handle, from manus Date: 1705 an anatomical process or part shaped like a handle: as a. the uppermost segment of the sternum of humans and many other mammals b. the process… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 9cardate mastax — (ROTIFERA) In the genus Lindia, a sucking type of mastax characterized by forked manubria with the sucking action produced by the unci …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 10fulcrate mastax — (ROTIFERA) A mastax with an elongate fulcrum, having a pair of leaf like manubria attached anteriorly …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology