pectous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of pectous
1860–65; pect- (representing pectic, pectin, pectose ) + -ous
Example Sentences
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Autumn Bradley, 15, was diagnosed with pectus excavatum, known as sunken chest syndrome, which caused her ribcage to bend inwards at the sternum.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2022
No. 8 was 23, slightly built and distinguished by one feature – pectus excavatum, a sunken breastbone.
From Reuters • Sep. 20, 2017
No. 8 was 23, slightly built and distinguished by one feature – pectus excavatum, a sunken breastbone.
From Reuters • Sep. 20, 2017
They were, according to the pros pectus: "Lower outside, higher inside�shorter outside, longer inside�narrower outside, wider inside."
From Time Magazine Archive
On the one in the middle there were the words unge oculos, the other jars had one word apiece, aures, linguam, frontem, pectus.
From The Five Jars by James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes)
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