pectinealadj.
/pɛkˈtɪnɪəl/, U.S. /pɛkˈtɪniəl/ Anatomy and Zoology.
Relating to or connected with the pectineus muscle or with the pubic bone, esp. its upper anterior surface (cf. pecten n. 1b).
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pectinal?1541
interpubic1836
pectineal1840
prepubic1870
1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. Anat. 650 The pectineus muscle..arises from the pectineal line of the pubes between the spine and pectineal eminence.
1875 Sir W. Turner in Encycl. Brit. I. 828/2 The pectineal border..forms part of the line of separation between the true and false pelvis.
1935 Amer. Naturalist 69 198 To the pubis was attached the abdominal muscles and the abdominal basket, and to the pectineal tubercle of the pubis was attached the powerful ambiens muscle of the thigh.
1947 Amer. Midland Naturalist 38 735 At a point almost one-fourth of its length from the acetabulum, each pubis from its external border gives rise to a bluntly pointed process, the pectineal process.
1984 J. Joseph Aids to Anat. (ed. 13) ii. 100 Origin [of pectineus]: Pectineal line of pubis and triangular area in front of this.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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