Meanings
adjectivesternothyroid (not comparable)
- not comparableanatomyRelating to the sternum and the thyroid cartilage.
- not comparableanatomyOf or pertaining to the sternothyroid muscle.
nounsternothyroid (plural sternothyroids)
plural sternothyroids
- abbreviationellipsisanatomyEllipsis of sternothyroid muscle.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ster-
- Proto-Indo-European*sterh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*stér(h₃)-no-m
- Ancient Greekστέρνον (stérnon)
- Latinsternum
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰwer-
- Proto-Hellenic*tʰurā
- Ancient Greekθῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā)
- Ancient Greekθῠρεός (thŭreós)
- Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
- Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
- Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
- Ancient Greekθῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)
- Latinthyreoīdēs
- New Latinsternothyreoīdēs
- Englishsternothyroid
Borrowed from New Latin sternothyreoīdēs, from sternum (“the breastbone”) + -o- + thyreoīdēs (“shield-shaped”); equivalent to sterno- + thyroid. Doublet of sternothyroideus.
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APA
sternothyroid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sternothyroid
MLA
“sternothyroid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sternothyroid. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sternothyroid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sternothyroid.
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