clavi- clav- (key)

1. Using a strong, pressurized, steam-heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, or cooking.
2. Operating a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments.
3. To place into or to put into an autoclave.

1. An automatically regulated apparatus for the sterilization of objects by steam under pressure.
2. A device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments.

1. The bone extending from the breastbone (sternum) at the base of the front of the neck to the shoulder.
2. The long curved bone that connects the upper part of the breastbone with the shoulder blade at the top of each shoulder in humans.
3. A bone or structure with a function similar to that of the human clavicle in some other animals.

It is reduced or absent in many mammals.

4. Etymology: from Latin clavicula, "small key".

The surgical removal of all or part of a clavicle. The clavicle refers to the bone extending from the breastbone (sternum) at the base of the front of the neck to the shoulder. "Clavical" is a misspelling of clavicle.