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    PECS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Either of two large muscles of the chestplay

    Synonyms:

    musculus pectoralis; pecs; pectoral; pectoral muscle; pectoralis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("pecs" is a kind of...):

    skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pecs"):

    greater pectoral muscle; musculus pectoralis major; pectoralis major (a skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm)

    musculus pectoralis minor; pectoralis minor; smaller pectoral muscle (a skeletal muscle that draws down the scapula or raises the ribs)

    Holonyms ("pecs" is a part of...):

    chest; pectus; thorax (the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates)

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