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poststernal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
post-ster-nal
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

posterior to the sternum

Etymology

From post- + sternal.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more poststernal (comparative) most poststernal (superlative)

Rhymes With

noninternal nonexternal transsternal midsternal peristernal antesternal dorsoexternal dorsointernal coracosternal supersternal coxosternal

Questions

What does poststernal mean?
posterior to the sternum
Where does poststernal come from?
From post- + sternal.

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