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Questions about pectoralis major

What is another word for pectoralis major?

It depends which pectoralis major you mean. In the sense “a skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm”, the synonyms are musculus pectoralis major, greater pectoral muscle. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of pectoralis major?

WordNet records no antonym for pectoralis major. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for pectoralis major come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of pectoralis major

• Full entry for pectoralis majorAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for pectoralis majorWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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