Associations to the word «Pectoralis»

Wiktionary

PECTORALIS, noun. (anatomy) A pair of muscles that lowers the wings of birds in flight
PECTORALIS MAJOR, noun. The large muscle that covers the chest and ribs.
PECTORALIS MAJORS, noun. Plural of pectoralis major
PECTORALIS MINOR, noun. The muscle that covers the heart organ.

Dictionary definition

PECTORALIS, noun. Either of two large muscles of the chest.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats