clavicle
Clavicles, shown in red.
Meaning
Noun
- The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.
Origin
- Borrowing from Middle French clavicule, from Latin clāvicula ("a small key"), diminutive of clāvis.
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