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sternocostalis muscle(medicine)
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facies sternocostalis cordis (medicine) and asphyxia (oh)


facies sternocostalis cordis (medicine)


facies sternocostalis cordis -->
sternocostal surface of heart


The anterior aspect of the heart, formed mostly by the right ventricle and to a lesser extent the left ventricle.

Synonym: facies sternocostalis cordis.


asphyxia (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Modern Latin; Origin: Greek, 'stopping the flow of blood', from a- 'not' + sphyzein 'to beat regularly, throb']
death caused by not being able to breathe
-synonym suffocation suffocation