PECTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pectus mean? 

• PECTUS (noun)
  The noun PECTUS has 1 sense:

1. the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates

  Familiarity information: PECTUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PECTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

chest; pectus; thorax

Hypernyms ("pectus" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Meronyms (parts of "pectus"):

breastbone; sternum (the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs)

thoracic aorta (a branch of the descending aorta; divides into the iliac arteries)

thoracic vein; vena thoracica (veins that drain the thoracic walls)

gall bladder; gallbladder (a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion)

area of cardiac dullness (a triangular area of the front of the chest (determined by percussion); corresponds to the part of the heart not covered by the lungs)

musculus pectoralis; pecs; pectoral; pectoral muscle; pectoralis (either of two large muscles of the chest)

chest cavity; thoracic cavity (the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart)

breast; chest (the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen)

rib cage (the bony enclosing wall of the chest)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pectus"):

bust; female chest (the chest of a woman)

male chest (the chest of a man)

Holonyms ("pectus" is a part of...):

craniate; vertebrate (animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium)

body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)