‖Me‐tos″te‐on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � after + οστἔον bone.] (Anat.) The postero-lateral ossification in the sternum of birds; also, the part resulting from such ossification.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.