musculus pectoralis major

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   a skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm

   Synonymspectoralis majorgreater pectoral muscle

   Broaderpectoral

Questions about musculus pectoralis major

What does musculus pectoralis major mean?

musculus pectoralis major means "a skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm".

What is another word for musculus pectoralis major?

Close synonyms include pectoralis major, greater pectoral muscle. 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 major a common word?

musculus pectoralis major 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.