Usually means: Behind the breastbone, in chest.
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General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. retrosternal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. retrosternal: Wordnik
  3. retrosternal: Wiktionary
  4. retrosternal: Dictionary.com

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. retrosternal: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Retrosternal: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. retrosternal: Medical dictionary
  6. Retrosternal: Drug Medical Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (anatomy) Located behind the sternum

Similar:
poststernal, substernal, parasternal, peristernal, retrocostal, infrasternal, suprasternal, antesternal, postcostal, transsternal, more...

Opposite:
anterosternal, pre-sternal, front-sternal

Phrases:
retrosternal thyroid, more...

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Similar:
poststernal, substernal, parasternal, peristernal, retrocostal, infrasternal, suprasternal, antesternal, postcostal, transsternal, more...

Opposite:
anterosternal, pre-sternal, front-sternal

Phrases:
retrosternal thyroid, more...



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