Pectoral Definition

pĕktər-əl
pectorals
adjective
Of or located in or on the chest or breast.
Webster's New World
Useful in relieving disorders of the chest or respiratory tract.
American Heritage Medicine
Worn on the chest or breast.
A bishop's pectoral cross.
Webster's New World
Influenced by or resulting from personal feelings; subjective.
Webster's New World

(zoology) Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper.

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noun
pectorals
Any of four muscles that occur in pairs on each side of the chest.
American Heritage Medicine
A pectoral fin or muscle.
Webster's New World
Something worn on the breast, as an ornamental plate.
Webster's New World
A medicine for relieving disorders of the chest or respiratory tract.
American Heritage Medicine

Protective armor for a horse's breast.

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Other Word Forms of Pectoral

Noun

Singular:
pectoral
Plural:
pectorals

Origin of Pectoral

  • Probably Latin pectorālis from pectus pector- breast N., sense 4, Middle English from Old French from Latin pectorāle breastplate from neuter of pectorālis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin pectorālis.

    From Wiktionary

Pectoral Sentence Examples

  • The propatagialis longus muscle is composed of slips from the deltoid, pectoral, biceps and cucullaris muscles.

  • The use of the mitre, pastoral staff and pectoral cross, which had fallen into complete disuse by the end of the 18th century, has been now very commonly, though not universally, revived; and, in some cases, the interpretation put upon the "Ornaments rubric" by the modern High Church school has led to a more complete revival of the pre-Reformation vestments.

  • The abbess is solemnly admitted to her office by episcopal benediction, together with the conferring of a staff and pectoral cross, and holds for life, though liable to be deprived for misconduct.

  • Besides these, the bishop also wears a pectoral cross (i yKbX7r Loy) and a medal containing a relic (7rave yea).

  • Parietal bones separated by the supraoccipital; prootic and exoccipital separated by the enlarged opisthotic. Pectoral arch suspended from the skull; no mesocoracoid arch.

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