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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

sous-claviculaire

Pronunciation / Transliteration: su-klavikylɛʁ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Subclavicular/ˌsʌb.kləˈvɪk.jə.lɚ/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le médecin a examiné la région sous-claviculaire."

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As adjective
  1. 1

    Situated or occurring beneath the clavicle or collarbone.

    "The surgeon identified the subclavicular lymph nodes during the examination."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Modern Latin, combining the prefix 'sub-' meaning beneath or under with 'clavicula', the diminutive of 'clavis' meaning key (referring to the clavicle or collarbone). It entered medical and anatomical nomenclature in the 19th century to describe structures located immediately below the clavicle.

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