Asternal

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  • adjective. Not connected to the sternum.
  • adjective. Lacking a sternum.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having no sternum or breast-bone, as a serpent.
  • Not reaching to or connected with the sternum: as, asternal ribs, that is, floating ribs, ribs which do not articulate with the breast-bone.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Not sternal; -- said of ribs which do not join the sternum.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Not sternal; said of ribs that do not join the sternum.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. not connected to the sternum or breastbone
    • Word Usage
    "In the healthy adult male body, Plate 22, the two lungs, D D*, whilst in their ordinary expanded state, may be said to range over all that region of the trunk of the body which is marked by the sternal and asternal ribs."
    Equivalent
    unconnected  
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