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Webster 1913 Edition

Lophosteon

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Lo-phos′te-on

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Noun.

;

pl. L.

Lophostea

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, E.

Lophosteons

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[NL., from Gr.

λόφοσ

a crest + [GREEK] a bone.]

(Anat.)

The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds.