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  • English Word Pectinately Definition In a pectinate manner.
  • English Word Pectination Definition The state of being pectinated; that which is pectinated.
  • English Word Pectination Definition The act of combing; the combing of the head.
  • English Word Pectination Definition Comblike toothing.
  • English Word Pectineal Definition Of or pertaining to the pecten.
  • English Word Pectineal Definition Relating to, or connected with, the pubic bone.
  • English Word Pectinibranch Definition One of the Pectinibranchiata. Also used adjectively.
  • English Word Pectinibranchiata Definition A division of Gastropoda, including those that have a comblike gill upon the neck.
  • English Word Pectinibranchiate Definition Having pectinated gills.
  • English Word Pectiniform Definition Comblike in form.
  • English Word Pectize Definition To congeal; to change into a gelatinous mass.
  • English Word Pectolite Definition A whitish mineral occurring in radiated or fibrous crystalline masses. It is a hydrous silicate of lime and soda.
  • English Word Pectora Definition of Pectus
  • English Word Pectoral Definition Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles.
  • English Word Pectoral Definition Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy.
  • English Word Pectoral Definition Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper.
  • English Word Pectoral Definition A covering or protecting for the breast.
  • English Word Pectoral Definition A breastplate, esp. that worn by the Jewish high person.
  • English Word Pectoral Definition A clasp or a cross worn on the breast.
  • English Word Pectoral Definition A medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs.
  • English Word Pectorally Definition As connected with the breast.
  • English Word Pectoriloquial Definition Pertaining to, or of the nature of, pectoriloquy.
  • English Word Pectoriloquism Definition Pectoriloquy.
  • English Word Pectoriloquous Definition Pectoriloquial.
  • English Word Pectoriloquy Definition The distinct articulation of the sounds of a patient's voice, heard on applying the ear to the chest in auscultation. It usually indicates some morbid change in the lungs or pleural cavity.
  • English Word Pectose Definition An amorphous carbohydrate found in the vegetable kingdom, esp. in unripe fruits. It is associated with cellulose, and is converted into substances of the pectin group.
  • English Word Pectosic Definition Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, pectose; specifically, designating an acid supposed to constitute largely ordinary pectin or vegetable jelly.
  • English Word Pectostraca Definition A degenerate order of Crustacea, including the Rhizocephala and Cirripedia.
  • English Word Pectous Definition Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, pectose.
  • English Word Pectus Definition The breast of a bird.