Crossword-Solution: CLAVICLE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Clavicle | n. | The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter /, and is situated just above the first rib on either side of the neck. In birds the two clavicles are united ventrally, forming the merrythought, or wishbone. |
We have 15 clues for the answer “CLAVICLE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Collarbone | 1 answer |
| Commonly fractured bone | 1 answer |
| Part of the pectoral girdle | 1 answer |
| bone linking the scapula and sternum | 1 answer |
| cleido | 1 answer |
| S-shaped bone | 1 answer |
| BONE connecting breast-bone with shoulder-blade | 2 answers |
| Shoulder bone | 2 answers |
| SHOULDER girdle, part of the | 3 answers |
| SHOULDER, bone around the | 3 answers |
| COLLARBONE COMBINING FORM | 10 answers |
| COMBINING FORMS COLLARBONE | 10 answers |
| PECTORAL girdle, part of the | 11 answers |
| BONE of the human body | 41 answers |
| Bone | 64 answers |
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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
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Sentences with CLAVICLE (5)
Farquharson has an account of a singular case in midwifery in which abdomen ruptured from the pressure of the fetus; and quite recently Geoghegan illustrates the possibilities of uterine pressure in pregnancy by a postmortem examination after a fatal parturition, in which the stomach was found pushed through the diaphragm and lying under the left clavicle.
The clavicle and the two margins of the sternum had no connections whatever, and below the groove was a hard substance corresponding to the ensiform cartilage, which, however, was very elastic, and allowed the patient, under the influence of the pectoral muscles, when the upper extremity was fixed, to open the groove to nearly the extent of three inches, which was more than twice its natural width.
When he coughed, the right lung suddenly protruded from the chest through the groove and ascended a considerable distance above the clavicle into the neck.
Sir Robert Peel, a man of acknowledged superior physical and intellectual power, could not even bear the touch of Brodie's finger to his fractured clavicle.
Steiner mentions a wound from a cannon-ball, which carried away the left half of the inferior maxilla, stripping the soft parts as high as the malar, and on the left side of the neck to within 1 1/2 inches of the clavicle, laying bare the transverse processes of the 2d and 3d vertebrae, end exposing the external carotid and most of its branches.
Quotes with CLAVICLE (3)
The two of them kept an eye open for every tree or temple we passed by, and turned to me for a reaction of piety which I gave them, of course, and with growing elaborateness: first just touching my eye, then my neck, then my clavicle, and even my nipples. They were convinced I was the most religious servant on earth.
It's the sketch Edward did of me before he went away, the one he said was fine but didn't want to keep. It's as if he's drawn me not once but twice. In the main drawing I have my head turned to the right. It's so detailed, you can see the tautness of my neck muscles and the arch of my clavicle. But underneath or over that there's a second drawing, barely more than a few jagged, suggestive lines, done with a surprising energy and violence: my head turned the other way, my mout…
She thought she should take a moment to pray. But, as she was holding a loaded rifle, conventional prayer did not seem entirely suitable. Sister Peg hoped that God would help her, but it was her belief that He much preferred for people to attend to themselves. Life was a test; it was up to you to pass it or not. She raised the gun to her clavicle and angled one eye down the length of the barrel.
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Appears in: Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 9 times in crossword archives (1978–2019).