Pectus: alternatives and connections

A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.

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The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.

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The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.

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One of the Vertebrata.

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The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.

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The bone of the breast; the sternum.

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A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.

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Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles.

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A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above…

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A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.

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The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal verteb…

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