Definition of Male chest

1. Noun. The chest of a man.

Group relationships: Male Body
Generic synonyms: Chest, Pectus, Thorax

Lexicographical Neighbors of Male Chest

maldistribution
maldonite
male-odour
male-patterned baldness
male-spirited
male aristocrat
male berry
male body
male bonding
male breast
male chauvinism
male chauvinist
male chauvinists
male chest (current term)
male child
male chromosome complement
male engyne
male erecticle dysfunction
male fern
male ferns
male hermaphroditism
male horse

Literary usage of Male chest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Gymnasia and Athletic Record (1906)
"which has been deepening gradually since birth, -i il-o now complete. In the male chest, from the i'-.'ifth to the twenty-fifth year, there is an apparent ..."

2. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"Adult female: throat and face whitish, rest of head, neck, and upper parts dull brown ; wing with blue gray speculum as in male ; chest and sides fulvous, ..."

3. A Practical Treatise on the Physical Exploration of the Chest, and the by Austin Flint (1866)
"In ordinary breathing, the ribs at the summit of the male chest appear to have little or no part in the thoracic movements. ..."

4. The London Medical Gazette (1835)
"Are there any differences with regard to sex i As a general rule, a louder sound may be obtained by percussing the female than the male chest. ..."

5. A Text-book of Human Physiology by Austin Flint (1888)
"The blending of the male chest-register into the falsetto and of the upper medium into the female falsetto, or true head-voice, is more difficult, ..."

6. Sculpture: The Reliefs from the Theater by Mary C. Sturgeon (1977)
"Right half of a nude male chest, across which two folds of a cloak hang from the right shoulder. A further bit of the chlamys is to be seen beneath the ..."

7. Music: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and by William Smythe Babcock Mathews (1805)
"... even for ordinary respiration, the female chest expands as well as the abdomen; and the male chest is said to expand also, though relatively not so ..."

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