Usually means: Chest muscles supporting arm movement.
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  1. pectoral muscles: Merriam-Webster
  2. pectoral muscles: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pectoral muscles: Vocabulary.com
  4. Pectoral muscles: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. Pectoral muscles: Encyclopedia

Medicine (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. pectoral muscles: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Pectoral muscles: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. Pectoral muscles: Breast Cancer Glossary of Medical Terms
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  7. Pectoral muscles: Medical dictionary
  8. Pectoral muscles: Drug Medical Dictionary
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(Note: See pectoral_muscle as well.)

Definitions from Wikipedia (Pectoral muscles)

noun:  (colloquially referred to as "pecs") the muscles that connect the front of the human chest with the bones of the upper arm and shoulder.
noun:  the muscles of the human chest connecting to the upper arm.


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