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Example sentences from the Web for pectusPectus est quod disertos facit—It is the heart which inspires eloquence. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood Minimo tangetur, inquit ille (manibus in pectus compositis) usque ad illam horam—Quam horam? The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman|Laurence Sterne The motto adopted by him as best describing his own aim and method, was that of St. Augustine: "Pectus est quod facit theologum." In Ovid it often has the sense 'poetic feeling', as at xii 16 'pectus habere neger'. The Last Poems of Ovid|Ovid
The under side of the thorax is frequently spoken of by writers, in describing butterflies, as the pectus, or breast. The Butterfly Book|William Jacob Holland
n. pl. pec•to•ra (pĕk′tə-rə)The chest, especially the anterior wall; breast; thorax. Words nearby pectuspectoral sandpiper, pectoral vein, pectoriloquy, pectose, pectous, pectus, pectus carinatum, pectus excavatum, pectus recurvatum, peculate, peculiar The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |