musculus pectoralis

Questions about musculus pectoralis

What does musculus pectoralis mean?

musculus pectoralis means "either of two large muscles of the chest".

What is another word for musculus pectoralis?

Close synonyms include pectoral, pectoral muscle, pectoralis, pecs. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is musculus pectoralis a common word?

musculus pectoralis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.