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单词 pigeon breast
释义

pigeon breast


noun Pathology.

chicken breast.
Also called pigeon chest .

Origin of pigeon breast

First recorded in 1840–50

OTHER WORDS FROM pigeon breast

pigeon-breasted, adjectivepi·geon-breast·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby pigeon breast

pigboat, pig boiling, pig dog, pigeon, pigeon blood, pigeon breast, pigeon drop, pigeon hawk, pigeon-hearted, pigeonhole, pigeonite
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Example sentences from the Web for pigeon breast

  • He is an old, old man with a weazen face, and the remains of a pigeon-breast in his military surtout.

    The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete|John Forster
  • Ambition, the vice of great souls, burned within Spofford's pigeon-breast.

    Average Jones|Samuel Hopkins Adams

British Dictionary definitions for pigeon breast

pigeon breast

noun

a deformity of the chest characterized by an abnormal protrusion of the breastbone, caused by rickets or by obstructed breathing during infancyAlso called: chicken breast
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for pigeon breast

pigeon breast
[ pĭjən ]

n.

A chest deformity marked by a projecting sternum, often occurring as a result of infantile rickets.chicken breast pectus carinatum
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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