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  • 101Sternum — Ster|num das; s, ...na <aus gleichbed. nlat. sternum, dies aus gr. stérnon »Brust, Inneres«> Brustbein (Med.) …

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  • 102Stern — Stern1 Sm Himmelskörper std. (8. Jh.), mhd. sterne, sterre, ahd. stern(o), ster(ro), mndd. sterne Stammwort. Aus g. * sternōn m. Stern , auch in gt. stairno, anord. stjarna f.; während sonst eine auffällige Assimilationsform auftritt: ae. steorra …

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  • 103Stirn — Sf std. (12. Jh.), mhd. stirne, ahd. stirn(a), mndd. sterne Stammwort. In der Regel zu ig. * sterə ausbreiten gestellt, in air. sernad, l. sternere, akslav. prostrěti, gr. stórnymi ich bestreue , ai. stṛṇāti streut (streuen). Ausgangsbedeutung… …

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  • 104Stienne — Forme sans e prosthétique du prénom Etienne, portée dans le département du Nord et en Belgique. Variante : Stien. Avec génitif de filiation : Stiennes, Stiens. Dérivés : Stiennon, Stiénon, Stiernon, Sternon …

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  • 105star — {{11}}star (n.) O.E. steorra, from P.Gmc. *sterron, *sternon (Cf. O.S. sterro, O.N. stjarna, O.Fris. stera, Du. ster, O.H.G. sterro, Ger. Stern, Goth. stairno), from PIE *ster (Cf. Skt. star , Hittite shittar, Gk. aster, astron …

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  • 106sternocleidomastoid — from sterno , comb. form of Gk. sternon or L. sternum (see STERNUM (Cf. sternum)) + Gk. kleis (see CLAVICLE (Cf. clavicle)) + MASTOID (Cf. mastoid) …

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  • 107sternum — 1660s, from Gk. sternon chest, breast, breastbone (in Homer, only of males), from PIE *stre to to stretch, extend, from a root meaning flat surface, related to stornynai to spread out (see STRUCTURE (Cf. structure)), on the notion of the chest as …

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  • 108stethoscope — 1820, from Fr. stéthoscope, coined 1819 by its inventor, Fr. physician René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec (1781 1826) from Gk. stethos chest, breast + SCOPE (Cf. scope). Gk. stethos is perhaps related to sternon (see STERNUM (Cf. sternum)); it… …

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  • 109structure — (n.) mid 15c., action or process of building or construction, from L. structura a fitting together, adjustment, building, from structus, pp. of struere to pile, build, assemble, related to strues heap, from PIE *stere to spread, extend, stretch… …

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  • 110sternum — [ stə:nəm] noun (plural sternums or sterna nə) 1》 the breastbone. 2》 Zoology a thickened ventral plate on each segment of the body of an arthropod. Origin C17: mod. L., from Gk sternon chest …

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