Usually means: Chest bone structure deformity condition.
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  1. pectus: Merriam-Webster
  2. pectus: Vocabulary.com
  3. Pectus, pectus: Wordnik
  4. pectus: Wiktionary
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  6. Pectus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Pectus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. pectus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. pectus: Rhymezone
  10. Pectus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. pectus: FreeDictionary.org
  12. pectus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Pectus: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pectus: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
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  3. pectus: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pectus)

▸ noun:  (anatomy, zoology) The breast, especially of a bird.

Similar:
thorax, chest, plica, pileum, pteryla, birdback, pileus, parcel, pterylosis, parapterum, more...

Phrases:
pectus excavatum, pectus carinatum, pectus recurvatum, more...

Adjectives:
severe, latin, invasive, mild, moderate, typical

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Similar:
thorax, chest, plica, pileum, pteryla, birdback, pileus, parcel, pterylosis, parapterum, more...

Phrases:
pectus excavatum, pectus carinatum, pectus recurvatum, more...

Adjectives:
severe, latin, invasive, mild, moderate, typical



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