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What is a breastbone?

What is a breastbone? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) The central narrow bone in the front of the chest, connecting the collarbone and the top ribs.
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The heart is a hollow, muscular organ that lies in the center of the chest under the breastbone.
In addition to fever, headache and unwellness there is sore throat, pain behind the breastbone, and deafness.
To get to your heart the surgeon makes an incision down the middle of your chest and separates your breastbone.
The surgeon then cuts the breastbone down the middle and opens the rib cage to expose the heart.
A bandage was wrapped around her chest, and a large bloodstain showed where her collarbone joined her breastbone.
This causes a burning sensation behind your breastbone or a burning sensation that starts in your stomach and seems to rise up.

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