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subclavian

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10 lettersPronunciation /səbˈkleɪ.vi.ən/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aabcilnsuvStarts with SEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. situated beneath the clavicle

Word origin

From New Latin subclavius + -ian, from sub- (“under”) + clavicula (“collar bone, clavicle”) + -ius (adjectival suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • There I was struck on the shoulder by a Jezail bullet, which shattered the bone and grazed the subclavian artery.
  • The carotids were in their natural state; the arteria innominata and the subclavian were twice their natural diameter: their smaller branches were proportionally dilated and bent zigzag.

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