ScienceAugust 19, 2026

subclavian

sub-KLAY-vee-un

Definition

Located or relating to the area beneath the collarbone, specifically referring to the major artery that passes under the clavicle.

Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'sub' meaning 'under' and 'clavis' meaning 'key' (referring to the collarbone as a key-shaped bone), reflecting its anatomical position beneath the clavicle.

In the news

The article uses the term to describe the artery severed by an arrowhead in Ötzi's shoulder, which resulted in his fatal blood loss.

In 1991, two hikers in the Ötztal Alps found a body sticking out of the melting ice and assumed it was a recent climber, but the corpse turned out to be a 5,300-year-old man with an arrowhead in his shoulder, 61 tattoos, and a 99.7%-pure copper axe whose met

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