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COLLAR-BONE

\kˈɒləbˈə͡ʊn], \kˈɒləbˈə‍ʊn], \k_ˈɒ_l_ə_b_ˈəʊ_n]\

Definitions of COLLAR-BONE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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See Clavicle.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

n. The clavicle; a bone shaped like the mark, joined to the breast-bone, and the shoulder-blade.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

The clavicle, the bones on each side of the neck

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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