Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the clavicle or collar-bone.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the clavicle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or relating to the
clavicle .
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Examples
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When "clavicular" breathing is used in the sense of upper chest breathing, it is correct as far as it goes, but the term is not a happy one to employ in this sense, and it has led to error in theory and practice.
Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) Wesley Mills 1881
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By "clavicular" breathing some mean upper chest breathing, and others a form of respiration in which the shoulders (clavicles, or key-bones) are raised with inspiration in an objectionable manner.
Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) Wesley Mills 1881
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Its limbs are controlled by axial drive motors and clavicular trailing links, allowing the T-800s to maneuver faster than the T-600s, as bursts of speed of up to 22 mph no longer threatened the joint assemblies.
Roland Kickinger Filling in for Schwarzenegger in Terminator Salvation « FirstShowing.net 2008
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ROBERTS: Distal clavicular excision, arthroscopic distal clavicular excision.
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I tell you I have been feeling like a schlub lately, I had a distal clavicular excision, shoulder surgery in other words on Friday, and just looking forward to getting back there in the gym, but not just yet.
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A 4cm x 2cm bullet exit wound on the left supra clavicular fossa close to the midline.
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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Combined, clavicular fusion and wisdom tooth eruption are good indicators of adulthood.
Break No Bones Reichs, Kathy 2006
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This passion for sport left him with a painful shoulder due to acromioc clavicular joint arthritis and bony spurs.
Archive 2006-02-01 Thatsnews 2006
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Women are especially inclined towards shallow clavicular breathing.
The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity Daniel Reid 1989
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In clavicular breathing, the clavicles collar bones are raised to open up the narrow upper portion of the lungs.
The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity Daniel Reid 1989
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