Szegycsonttal

Szegycsonttal is the instrumental singular form of the Hungarian noun szegycsont, meaning the sternum or breastbone. In Hungarian grammar, the instrumental form is used to indicate means, accompaniment, or association with the noun it derives from. Therefore szegycsonttal can appear in sentences where the sternum is described as part of a process, a measurement, or a physical context.

Etymology and form: szegycsont is a compound of szegy- (breast, chest) and csont (bone). The suffix -tal (or -val) marks the instrumental case, yielding szegycsonttal for the stem szegycsont. This form follows regular Hungarian inflection patterns and is used wherever the means or accompaniment clause requires the sternum as a focal element.

Usage: The form is common in anatomical, clinical, and descriptive texts, as well as in more technical descriptions of the chest region. It often appears together with other anatomical terms to specify relationships or directions, for example when describing structures that lie “with the sternum” or “in relation to the sternum.” It can also occur in broader descriptions where the sternum is part of a set of features under discussion.

Examples:

- A mellkasröntgenen a szegycsonttal közvetlenül összekapcsolódó struktúrákat vizsgálják.

- A leírás a szegycsonttal kapcsolatos rendellenességeket érinti.

Notes: szegycsonttal is a standard, neutral lexical form and should be used in neutral, factual writing. It is not a proper noun, but a grammatical case form of a common anatomical term.

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