sternocleidomastoid

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   one of two thick muscles running from the sternum and clavicle to the mastoid and occipital bone

   Turning the head to the opposite side activates the sternocleidomastoid.

Common collocations

• sternocleidomastoid muscle Noun + noun

Borrowed from New Latin sternocleidomastoīdēs, from Latin sternum (“the breastbone”) + Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “the collarbone”) + Latin mastoīdēs (“like a breast”), equivalent to sterno- + cleido- + mastoid.

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