Pectoral

What do we mean by pectoral?

Relating to or situated in the breast or chest. adjective

Useful in relieving disorders of the chest or respiratory tract. adjective

Worn on the chest or breast. adjective

Any of four muscles that occur in pairs on each side of the chest. noun

A pectoral fin. noun

A medicine for relieving disorders of the chest or respiratory tract. noun

An ornament or decoration worn on the chest. noun

Figuratively, proceeding from the breast, as of the heart; from the inner consciousness.

Of, pertaining to, or connected with the breast or chest; thoracic: as, a pectoral muscle, vessel, nerve, etc.; a pectornl limb.

In entomology, pertaining to the pectus or lower surface of the thorax.

Armor for the breast, excluding the throat and the lower part of the body. noun

An ornament to be worn on the breast; especially, an ornament of an unfamiliar sort, or of a sort to which no special name is given: as an enameled pectoral. noun

Eccles.: In the anc. Jewish ritual, a sacerdotal breastplate of richly colored and embroidered cloth, worn by the high priest. noun

In the Roman Catholic Church, a square plate of gold, silver, or embroidery, either jeweled or enameled, formerly worn on the breast over the chasuble by bishops during the celebration of the mass. noun

A pectoral cross. noun

A food, a drink, or a drug supposed to be good for persons having weak lungs. noun

A pectoral part or organ. noun

Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest. adjective

Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs. adjective

Having the breast conspicuously colored. adjective

A pectoral fin.

Protective armor for a horse's breast.

A covering or protection for the breast.

A breastplate, especially that worn by the Jewish high priest.

A clasp, cross, or ornamental square of cloth etc. worn upon the breast.

A medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs.

Words that are spelled similarly to pectoral:
pectoral, sectoral, rectoral, pectora, pastoral, pictorial, spectral, electoral, doctoral, sectorial, pectoris, pecora, jecoral, vectorial, perioral, sectral, rectorial, peroral, pechora, restoral, pictural, pectinal, tectorial, postoral, pectorals, pector, pectore.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word pectoral:
fins, girdle, pelvic, fin, caudal, coracoid, sandpiper, adipose, serrated, forelimb, anal, dorsal, clavicle, spine, peduncle, scapula, flippers, hardened, rays, snout, hyaline, dermal, forked, mandibular, dusky, ventral, anteriorly, margins, humerus, midline, muscles, stingray, nostrils, concave, stiff, vertebrae, operculum, rounded, anterior, elongate, locomotion, muscle, tips, lobe, thoracic, fleshy, coloration, fishes, bony, lateral, thorns, tail, gill, angular, moderately, elongated, disc, gills, angled, limbs, posterior, fused, blunt, yellowish, tufts, catfish, jaws, lobes, branching, abdominal, corners, triangular, nerve, scales, shark, underside, convex, trailing, limb, ribs, flattened, stout, branched, medial, broadly, jaw, slender, wider, absent, hind, positioned, teeth, curved, belly, bones, tip, fish, robust, pointed, soft.

Words that rhyme with pectoral:
electoral, sectoral, rectoral, directoral, inspector hill.

Adjectives that are often used to describe pectoral:
great, large, left, right, deep, lateral, medial, superficial, small, long, above, upper, anterior, lower, lesser, shaped, paired, greater, gold, aspirated, golden, rounded, like, posterior, free, broad, major, anal, grand, mammae, dorsal, shorter, yellow, longer, excellent, poetic, pointed, minor, egyptian, excessive, elaborate, depressed, enlarged, huge, admirable, circular, zebrafish, developed, appressed, diuretic, triangular, extended, elocutionary, royal, corresponding, lemon, round, facial, immense, delto, sour, opposite, purple, modified, uppermost, bronze, sternal, gentle, frequent, incised, stout, effusive, hyperthyroxic, deltoid, beaded, fringed, jade, jewelled.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective pectoral:
muscle, fin, fins, fascia, girdle, rays, nerve, arch, base, spine, muscles, region, sandpiper, limb, cross, flap, position, limbs, quality, musculature, mammae, groove, branch, complaints, fremitus, sandpipers, spines, length, band, mass, sinus, glands, ornament, artery, crosses, nodes, affections, ridge, axil, pair, insertion, cavity, girdles, skeleton, implants, transplantation, origin, branches, ray, spot, crest, contraction, vein, radials, extremity, yellow, diseases, appendage, pain, triangle, dusky, implantation, flaps, tip, plates, ornaments, member, plate, fig, stretch, affection, nerves, lobe, arciferal, mamma, decoction, posture, present, skin, appendages, stimulation, medicine, crescent, tufts, tin, angle, falcate, fixation, black, bud.

Words that sound like pectoral:
pectoral, spectral, pectorals, petrel, pickerel, pictural, pickrell, pickerell, petrol, becquerel, sectoral, bechtol, sectral, bike trail, patrol, patrole, petal, peril, petra, pastoral, spectra, pettle, bechtel, pectoralis, perel, pecora, petzel, petrels, pechora, buchtel, plectra, pekel, spectrally, bachtel, bottrell, pickle, pickel, paternal, pigtail, pictorial, pakora, pittle, picl, picta, pictor, pig tail, petrillo, petrelli, picul, pytel, petrella, pictura, pikul, hectoring, pedal, spectrum, peddle, petro, picturing, petri, petry, patra, plectrum, pedel, pickering, pottle, petrie, pattle, petron, pectin, parrel, doctoral, spectro, peccary, puckering, parral, petiole, puttering, petree, pootle, pestel, petras, pastorale, petrey, pachter, pietra, pedra, pepperell, petrea, pokal, spektrum, patrial, packera, plate rail, patel, patil, pictish, picturetel, bactria, bactrim.