pectoralis major

English

Noun

pectoralis major (plural pectoralis majors or pectorales majores)

(anatomy) The large muscle that covers the chest and ribs.
Synonym: (informal) pec
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 65:
  With the pectoralis major cut off, the shoulders caved inward as if in a perpetual shrug, making it impossible to move the arm forward or sideways.

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