pectoral
胸肌,胸部,胸腔,胸前
Definitions
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- : of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- : worn on the breast or chest.
- : proceeding from the heart or inner consciousness.
- : Speech. appearing to come from resonance in the chest; full or deep.
- : of or for diseases of the lungs.
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- : Anatomy. a pectoral part or organ, as a pectoral muscle.
- : pectoral fin.
- : something worn on the breast for ornament, protection, etc., as a breastplate.
Examples
The team opened last season with Troy Apke as its starting free safety but later turned to Deshazor Everett, who suffered a pectoral injury late in the year.
Washington Football Team free safety Deshazor Everett underwent pectoral surgery Wednesday, probably ending his season.
Even Ryan Reynolds got into the game, undergoing a radical pectoral transformation for The Green Lantern.
Emperor Ferdinand also visited it and left, as a votive offering, his gold pectoral chain on the altar.
Both are pectoral and expectorant; and in large doses nauseant and emetic.
Phrynomerids and rhacophorine ranids lack epicoracoidal horns and have firmisternal pectoral girdles.
But, the dendrobatids possess firmisternal pectoral girdles and lack epicoracoidal horns.
Pendant ornament, in lotus-form, of a pectoral, inlaid with coloured pastes.