pectoralis

Other forms of pectoralis

plural

pectoralises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pectoralis

What does pectoralis mean?

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

How many syllables are in pectoralis?

pectoralis has 4 syllables: pec-to-ra-lis. The stress falls on "to".

What is another word for pectoralis?

Close synonyms include pectoral, pectoral muscle, musculus 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 pectoralis a common word?

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.