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    clavicle

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Human
    clav·i·cle /ˈklævɪkəl/ noun [countable]  HBH medical a collarbone 锁骨
    Examples from the Corpus
    clavicle• White says that to be a clavicle, the specimen should have an S- or sigmoid curie, but it does not.• Broken humerus and clavicle, again on the right.• In a medical textbook, the choice between clavicle and collar-bone can justly be called a matter of stylistic variation.• The ankles, the join of the hips, the inlet of the clavicle, the hair.    Origin clavicle (1600-1700) French clavicule, from Latin clavis “key”; because of its shape
    clav·i·cle nounChineseSyllable
    Corpus a collarbone


    clavicle
    clav‧i‧cle /ˈklævɪkəl/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: French
     Origin: clavicule, from Latin clavis 'key'; because of its shape
    medical a collarbone


    clav·icleBrE /ˈklævɪkl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈklævɪkl/ 🔊 noun (anatomy 解剖学)
    the collarbone 锁骨