Word: pectorale
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Against the Germans, Damaskinos fought with all the considerable might of his clerical robes, his glittering pectoral cross and pastoral staff, using them not as shelters but as shields. He saved hundreds of Jewish lives by encouraging Orthodox Greeks to harbor them. He achieved undying fame by substituting his name...
Donald Nelson's War Production Board, rapidly growing biceps, triceps and stout pectoral muscles, got two important new additions to the staff last week. Both were brought in by Vice Chairman Charles Edward Wilson, to help him exercise his new powers over production scheduling. Both were top-flight production...
Dr. LaRoe believes the reason why breasts sag is inherent in the manner of their attachment to the chest. The breast is a separate organ, attached to the fan-shaped pectoral muscle by connective tissue. If this tissue is naturally weak, or is weakened by maltreatment, the breast will sag...
Surgical correction of bosom sag involves lifting the breast, reattaching it firmly to the pectoral muscle by means of absorbable sutures, transplanting the nipple and areola (pigmented circle) to their esthetically proper site on the new formation. The incision leaves an inconspicuous scar, and since it is made downward from...
A flying fish has big pectoral fins which fold against its sides when the fish swims and spread like the. wings of an airplane when the fish is in the air (see cut). With wings folded, flying fishes' scull themselves rapidly to the surface with their big tail fins...