pigeon breast

noun Pathology.

chicken breast.

Origin of pigeon breast

First recorded in 1840–50

Also called pigeon chest.

Related formspi·geon-breast·ed, adjectivepi·geon-breast·ed·ness, noun

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Historical Examples of pigeon breast

He is an old, old man with a weazen face, and the remains of a pigeon-breast in his military surtout.
The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete
John Forster
Ambition, the vice of great souls, burned within Spofford's pigeon-breast.
Average Jones
Samuel Hopkins Adams

British Dictionary definitions for pigeon breast

pigeon breast

noun

a deformity of the chest characterized by an abnormal protrusion of the breastbone, caused by rickets or by obstructed breathing during infancyAlso called: chicken breast

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pigeon breast in Medicine

pigeon breast

[pĭj′ən]

A chest deformity marked by a projecting sternum, often occurring as a result of infantile rickets.chicken breast pectus carinatum