pectoralis minor en · NOUN
Meanings
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The muscle that covers the heart organ.
Halsted had seen Volkmann remove not just the breast, but a thin, fan-like muscle spread out under the breast called the pectoralis minor.
2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 64:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pectoralis minors | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| pectorales minores | Number=Plur | lexicographic |