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Other symptoms include pain behind the breastbone, difficulty swallowing, hoarseness, chronic cough, and unintended weight loss.
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Lindsay Curtis, Health, 13 July 2024
Costochondritis Costochondritis is inflammation of the cartilage where your ribs connect to your breastbone.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
Hands On Time: 20 mins Total Time: 5 hrs
Servings:
4
St. Louis ribs are cut from a pig's belly, underneath the breastbone.
—Jessica Harlan, Southern Living, 13 May 2024
If the airway is still blocked, use your second and third fingers and give five inward and upward thrusts into the child's chest, about ½ to 1½ inches into the child's breastbone.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2024
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Lindsay Curtis, Health, 13 July 2024
Costochondritis Costochondritis is inflammation of the cartilage where your ribs connect to your breastbone.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
Hands On Time: 20 mins Total Time: 5 hrs
Servings:
4
St. Louis ribs are cut from a pig's belly, underneath the breastbone.
—Jessica Harlan, Southern Living, 13 May 2024
If the airway is still blocked, use your second and third fingers and give five inward and upward thrusts into the child's chest, about ½ to 1½ inches into the child's breastbone.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2024
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“Breastbone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breastbone. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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breastbone
noun
breast·bone
ˈbres(t)-ˈbōn 
-ˌbōn
: sternum
Medical Definition
breastbone
noun
breast·bone
ˈbres(t)-ˈbōn, -ˌbōn
: sternum
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