Definitions for pectoralis

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pectoralis pec·to·ral·is

Spelling: [pek-tuh-ral-is, -rey-lis, -rah-]

IPA: /ˌpɛk təˈræl ɪs, -ˈreɪ lɪs, -ˈrɑ-/

Pectoralis is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 1831 anagrams from letters in pectoralis (aceiloprst).

Definitions for pectoralis

noun

1. either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.

Origin of pectoralis

Latin pectorālis; see pectoral

Examples for pectoralis

A closely allied form occurs in Alaska, and has been named Dallia pectoralis, Bean.

A great, fan-shaped muscle, called the pectoralis major, lies on the chest.

The aneurism was of the third part of the axillary artery, and a ligature was applied at the lower margin of the pectoralis minor.

The bolus consisted of a portion of the pectoralis major of a subject brought to the dissecting-room at the Middlesex Hospital.

The pectoralis transversus and other muscles were found to harbour a considerable number of encysted Trichin.

The clavicular portion of the pectoralis major must then be divided right across its fibres, which will retract.