Meanings
adjectiveperisternal (not comparable)
- not comparableanatomyAround the sternum.
These authors also observed increased proportions of 18:1 in peristernal adipose tissue of starved reindeer calves.
2015 December 18, “Fatty Acid Composition of Muscle, Adipose Tissue and Liver from Muskoxen ( Ovibos moschatus ) Living in West Greenland”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with peristernal
journalinternalexternalkerneleternalcolonelmaternalnocturnalfraternalinfernalpaternalvernaldiurnalternalsternalsupernalanteroexternalanterointernalantesternalasternalchondrosternalcoeternalcoracosternalcostosternal
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APA
peristernal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peristernal
MLA
“peristernal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peristernal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peristernal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peristernal.
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