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 Definitions of Pectoral  [ˈpɛk tər əl]  

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Definition of 'Pectoral' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) pectoral
of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.

2.  pectoral
worn on the breast or chest.

3. (n.) pectoral
a pectoral body part or organ.

4.  pectoral
something worn on the breast for ornament, protection, etc., as a breastplate.

Etymology:  (1400–50; (n.) late ME < L pectorāle, n. use of neut. of pectorālis of the breast (pector-, s. of pectus breast +-ālis -al1); (adj.) < L pectorālis)

Definition of 'Pectoral' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) pectoral, pectoral muscle, pectoralis, musculus pectoralis, pecs
either of two large muscles of the chest

2. (adj) pectoral, pectoral medallion
an adornment worn on the chest or breast

3. (adj) pectoral, thoracic
of or relating to the chest or thorax
"pectoral organ"


Definition of 'Pectoral' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Pectoral
of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles

2. (adj) Pectoral
relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy

3. (adj) Pectoral
having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper

4. (noun) Pectoral
a covering or protecting for the breast

5. (noun) Pectoral
a breastplate, esp. that worn by the Jewish high person

6. (noun) Pectoral
a clasp or a cross worn on the breast

7. (noun) Pectoral
a medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs


Translation of 'Pectoral' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: of or on the breast or chest
the pectoral muscles.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: pektoraal Arabic flag Arabic: صَدْري Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: гръден
Brazilian flag Brazilian: peitoral Czech flag Czech: hrudní German flag German: Brust-...
Danish flag Danish: bryst- Greek flag Greek: θωρακικός Spanish flag Spanish: pectoral
Estonian flag Estonian: rinna- Farsi flag Farsi: سینه ای؛ قرار گرفته روی س Finnish flag Finnish: rinta-
French flag French: pectoral Hebrew flag Hebrew: שֶׁל הֶחָזֵה Hindi flag Hindi: स्तन या छाती संबन्धी
Croatian flag Croatian: grudni, prsni mišić Hungarian flag Hungarian: mell- Indonesian flag Indonesian: bagian dada
Icelandic flag Icelandic: brjóst- Italian flag Italian: pettorale Japanese flag Japanese: 胸の
Korean flag Korean: 가슴의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: krūtinės Latvian flag Latvian: krūšu-
Malay flag Malay: pektoral Dutch flag Dutch: borst- Norwegian flag Norwegian: bryst-
Polish flag Polish: piersiowy Persian flag Persian: سینه ای؛ قرار گرفته روی س Pashto flag Pashto: دسينې، دټټر، سينه ئيز
Portuguese flag Portuguese: peitoral Romanian flag Romanian: pectoral Russian flag Russian: грудной
Slovak flag Slovak: prsný Slovenian flag Slovenian: prsen Serbian flag Serbian: prsni
Swedish flag Swedish: bröst- Thai flag Thai: เกี่ยวกับทรวงอก Turkish flag Turkish: göğüse ait
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 胸部的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: грудний Urdu flag Urdu: سينے کا، چھاتي کا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cơ ngực Chinese flag Chinese: 胸部的

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'Pectoral' - Nearby Entries  

pectoral  pectoral arch  pectoral fin  pectoral girdle  pectoralis  pectoralis major  pectoralis minor  



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