释义 |
pectineal, a. Anat.|pɛkˈtɪnɪəl| [f. mod.L. pectine-us, f. pecten comb + -al1.] Pertaining to the pecten or pubic bone: applied to certain parts of this bone and connected structures: see quots.
1840G. V. Ellis Anat. 650 The pectineus muscle..arises from the pectineal line of the pubes between the spine and pectineal eminence. 1875Sir W. Turner in Encycl. Brit. I. 828/2 The pectineal border..forms part of the line of separation between the true and false pelvis. |