Obs. [mod.L., a. Gr. στέρνον: see STERNUM. Cf. F. † sternon.] = STERNUM 1.
1597. A. M., trans. Guillemeau’s Fr. Chirurg., 7/3. In the middle of anye ribbe or in the sternon.
1676. Wiseman, Chirurg. Treat., VII. iv. 485. Another having by accident of a Fall in wrastling, started the end of the Clavicle from the Sternon.
1682. Phil. Collect., XII. 149. He hath … a broad Breast, and a large, firm Sternon.
