clavicular, a.
(klæˈvɪkjʊlə(r))
[f. L. clāvicul-a + -ar: cf. F. claviculaire.]
† 1. Of or pertaining to a key. Obs.
| 1657–96 in Phillips. 1692 in Coles. |
2. Of or pertaining to the clavicle or collar-bone.
| 1824 Sir A. Cooper Dislocations & Fractures (1831) 286 The clavicle is joined to the first rib by a clavicular costal, or..rhomboid ligament. 1878 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 479 The clavicular origin of the pectoral muscle. 1882 Syd. Soc. Lex., Clavicular artery, a small branch of the acromio⁓thoracic artery, which supplies the subclavius muscle. |
Hence claˈvicularly adv.
| 1888 Cassell's Fam. Mag. Dec. 14/1 The important point in breathing is to do so diaphragmatically and not clavicularly—i.e., to employ deep breathing, and to avoid all tendency to raise the shoulders. |