sternal notch
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Sternal angle — Lateral border of sternum. Anterior surface of sternum and costal cartilages. (Sternal … Wikipedia
notch — 1. An indentation at the edge of any structure. 2. Any short, narrow, V shaped deviation, whether positive or negative, in a linear tracing. SYN: incisura [TA], emargination, incisure … Medical dictionary
Mastopexy — Intervention Breast lift: the pre operative aspects of mild breast ptosis (left), and the post operative aspects of the correction, the lifted bust (right) … Wikipedia
Breast — The milk engorged breast of a pregnant woman … Wikipedia
SN-N — suprasternal notch to nipple distance [sternal notch disease] … Medical dictionary
SN-N — • suprasternal notch to nipple distance [sternal notch disease] … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
Incision — A cut. When making an incision, a surgeon is making a cut. * * * A cut; a surgical wound; a division of the soft parts usually made with a knife. [L. incisio] bucket handle i. a bilateral subcostal abdominal i.. celiotomy i. an i. through the… … Medical dictionary
goiter — A chronic enlargement of the thyroid gland, not due to a neoplasm, occurring endemically in certain localities, especially regions where glaciation occurred and the soil is low in iodine, and sporadically elsewhere. SYN: struma (1). [Fr. from L.… … Medical dictionary
tracheophonesis — Auscultation of the heart sounds at the sternal notch. [tracheo + G. phonesis, a sounding] … Medical dictionary
Jewett brace — a type of hyperextension orthosis that has pads as corrective pressure points at the sternal notch, above the pubis, and in the lumbar lordosis … Medical dictionary
