PECTORALIS MAJOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pectoralis major mean? 

• PECTORALIS MAJOR (noun)
  The noun PECTORALIS MAJOR has 1 sense:

1. a skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm

  Familiarity information: PECTORALIS MAJOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PECTORALIS MAJOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

greater pectoral muscle; musculus pectoralis major; pectoralis major

Hypernyms ("pectoralis major" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

The term may refer to one of two muscles, the pectoralis major and pectoralis minor.

(Pectoralis Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

One of two hemispheric projections of variable size situated in the subcutaneous layer over the pectoralis major muscle on either side of the chest.

(Breast, NCI Thesaurus)

The organ of milk secretion; one of two hemispheric projections of variable size situated in the subcutaneous layer over the pectoralis major muscle on either side of the chest of the mature female; it is rudimentary in the male.

(Female Breast, NCI Thesaurus)

Breast. 1. The pectoral surface of the thorax. 2. The organ of milk secretion; one of two hemispheric projections of variable size situated in the subcutaneous layer over the pectoralis major muscle on either side of the chest of the mature female; it is rudimentary in the male.

(Murine Breast, Female, NCI Thesaurus)

The latter is a thin muscle located beneath the pectoralis major.

(Pectoralis Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)