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methacrylic acid(medicine)
manubriosternal symphysis(medicine)
manubriosternal junction(medicine)
manubriosternal joint(medicine)
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manubriosternal symphysis (medicine)


manubriosternal symphysis


The later union, by fibrocartilage, of the manubrium and the body of the sternum; it begins as a synchondrosis and becomes a symphysis, occasionally fusing to become a synostosis.

Synonym: symphysis manubriosternalis, sternomanubrial junction.


methacrylic (iou)



methacrylic adjective. M19.
[from METH- + ACRYLIC.]
Chemistry. methacrylic acid, 1-methylacrylic acid, CH2:C(CH3)COOH, a colourless compound melting at 15C, which polymerizes when distilled and is used in the manufacture of methacrylate resins.
methacrylate noun a salt or ester of methacrylic acid, esp. any of the esters of methacrylic acid used in making resins by polymerization; POLYMETHYL methacrylate: M19.