Associations to the word «Pectus»
Noun
- Deformity
- Abnormality
- Funnel
- Chest
- Cartilage
- Transplantation
- Abdomen
- Pigeon
- Salvage
- Brace
- Rib
- Surgery
- Repair
- Breast
- Syndrome
- Spine
- Imaging
- Gale
- Disorder
- Limb
- Thumb
- Liver
- Lung
- Patient
- Bone
- Exercise
- Therapy
- Encyclopedia
- Wall
- Procedure
- Ad
- Growth
- Disease
- Condition
- Leg
- Neck
- Treatment
- Function
- Finger
- Head
- Pain
- Test
- Pattern
- White
- Analysis
- Cause
- Heart
- Individual
- Child
- Case
- Type
Adjective
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Wiktionary
PECTUS, noun. (anatomy) (zoology) The breast, especially of a bird.
PECTUS CARINATUM, noun. A pigeon chest; a deformity of the chest characterized by a protrusion of the sternum and ribs.
PECTUS EXCAVATUM, noun. A congenital deformity of the anterior wall of the chest, in which several ribs and the sternum grow abnormally, giving a caved or sunken appearance.
Dictionary definition
PECTUS, noun. The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.