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pectorales minores

pectorales minores is the plural of pectoralis minor.

Meaning of pectoralis minor

Noun

pectoralis minor (plural pectoralis minors or pectorales minores)

  1. The muscle that covers the heart organ.
    • Halsted had seen Volkmann remove not just the breast, but a thin, fan-like muscle spread out under the breast called the pectoralis minor.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 64

Questions about pectorales minores

What is pectorales minores the plural of?
Pectorales minores is the plural of pectoralis minor.

Words near pectorales minores in the dictionary

  1. pectoral quails
  2. pectoral sandpiper
  3. pectoral sandpipers
  4. pectoral theology
  5. pectorales majores
  6. pectorales minores
  7. pectoralgia
  8. pectoralgias
  9. pectoralis
  10. pectoralis major
  11. pectoralis majors

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