SYN: chest. [L.]
- p. carinatum flattening of the chest on either side with forward projection of the sternum resembling the keel of a boat. SYN: chicken breast, keeled chest, pigeon breast, pigeon chest.
- p. excavatum a hollow at the lower part of the chest caused by a backward displacement of the xiphoid cartilage. SYN: foveated chest, funnel chest, funnel breast, koilosternia, p. recurvatum, trichterbrust.
- p. recurvatum SYN: p. excavatum.
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n.
the chest or breast.
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pec·tus (pekґtəs) gen. pecґtoris pl. pecґtora [L.] [TA] the front of the chest.Medical dictionary. 2011.