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Definition of Pectoral
1. Noun. Either of two large muscles of the chest.
Generic synonyms: Skeletal Muscle, Striated Muscle
Specialized synonyms: Greater Pectoral Muscle, Musculus Pectoralis Major, Pectoralis Major, Musculus Pectoralis Minor, Pectoralis Minor, Smaller Pectoral Muscle
Group relationships: Chest, Pectus, Thorax
2. Adjective. Of or relating to the chest or thorax. "Pectoral organ"
3. Noun. An adornment worn on the chest or breast.
Definition of Pectoral
1. a. Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles.
2. n. A covering or protecting for the breast.
Definition of Pectoral
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles. ¹
2. Adjective. Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy. ¹
3. Adjective. (zoology) Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper. ¹
4. Noun. Protective armor for a horse's breast. ¹
5. Noun. A covering or protecting for the breast. ¹
6. Noun. (ecclesiastical) A breastplate, especially that worn by the Jewish high person. ¹
7. Noun. (ecclesiastical) A clasp or a cross worn on the breast. ¹
8. Noun. A medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pectoral
1. something worn on the breast [n -S]
Medical Definition of Pectoral
1.
1. Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles.
2. Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pectoral
Literary usage of Pectoral
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"Dissection of pectoral Region and Axilla (Fig. 228).—The arni being drawn away
from the side nearly at right angles with the trunk and rotated outward, ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The pectoral fins are of moderate size and slightly falcate. The horizontally-expanded
caudal fiu is of'tlie form common to all ..."
3. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1916)
"The pectoral fln shows the large scales or plates covering the "humerus," the
... Accordingly the homologies of the elements of the pectoral limb in ..."
4. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"Finally, these nerves pierce the internal intercostal muscle and tho greater
pectoral, and end in the integument of the breast, receiving the name of the ..."
5. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1889)
"They also showed that the pectoral limb had a broad flap of integument in the
axillary region. Oblique striae, like those of the English specimen, ..."
6. Investigations of the Aquatic Resources and Fisheries of Porto Rico by United States Bureau of Fisheries, Barton Warren Evermann, Millard Caleb Marsh, William A. Wilcox (1900)
"Young with head rougher, pectoral fin« shorter, dark spots on body more ...
pectoral short, reaching little past front of anal, not one-eighth length of ..."
7. Anatomical Technology as Applied to the Domestic Cat: An Introduction to by Burt Green Wilder, Simon Henry Gage (1882)
"The pectoral Complexity.—In the cat there may be recognized eight or nine elements
of the pectoral mass, more or less independent as to origin or insertion ..."
8. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Robert Wiedersheim, William Newton Parker (1897)
"In the Elasmobranchii and Holocephali the pectoral arch consists of a comparatively
simple cartilaginous bar Fio. 83.—pectoral ARCH AND Ftx OF ..."
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