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Sterno
1[ stur-noh ]
- flammable hydrocarbon jelly packaged in a small can for use as a portable heat source for cooking.
sterno-
2- a combining form representing sternum in compound words:
sternocostal.
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Example Sentences
To do this it may be necessary to cut away some of the fibres of the sterno-mastoid muscle.
To obtain room, the neck must be somewhat extended and the jaw pulled well forward and the sterno-mastoid muscle backwards.
Desmognathous, without basipterygoid processes; with one pair of sterno-tracheal muscles.
The next muscles to become stiff and painful are those of the neck, especially the sterno-mastoid and trapezius.
The lymph glands, particularly those along the posterior border of the sterno-mastoid, become enlarged and slightly tender.
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