Hypertext Webster Gateway: "metasternum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Xiphisternum \Xiph"i*ster"num\, n.; pl. {Xiphisterna}. [NL., fr.
Gr. xi`fos a sword + sternum.] (Anat.)
(a) The posterior segment, or extremity, of the sternum; --
sometimes called {metasternum}, {ensiform cartilage},
{ensiform process}, or {xiphoid process}.
(b) The xiphiplastron. -- {Xiph"i*ster"nal}a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Metasternum \Met`a*ster"num\, n. [Pref. meta- + sternum.]
1. (Anat.) The most posterior element of the sternum; the
ensiform process; xiphisternum.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The ventral plate of the third or last segment
of the thorax of insects.
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