clavicle

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.
2. (obsolete) The upper part of a spiral shell.

Sinonieme

collarbone

collar bone

collar-bone

sternum

shoulder bone

claviculate

clavicula

Vertalings

Schlüsselbein

clavicule

clavícula

clavicola

clavícula

clavicula

sleutelbeen

clavícula

köprücük kemiği

κλείδα

clavìcola

Clavicula

Klavikula

Clavicula

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈklæv.ɪk.əl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Middle French clavicule, from Latin clāvicula (“a small key”), diminutive of clāvis (“a key”).