musculus pectoralis major

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Noun1.musculus pectoralis major - a skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the armmusculus pectoralis major - a skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm
greater pectoral muscle, pectoralis major
musculus pectoralis, pecs, pectoral, pectoral muscle, pectoralis - either of two large muscles of the chest
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(removal of breast quadrant, that is, 1/3 or 1/4 of the breast volume tissue, with underlying fascia of musculus pectoralis major with musculus pectoralis minor, cellular tissue and lymphonodus of clavicular, axillary and subscapular areas) followed by one-time LD-flap plasty.
Breast-conserving surgery in combination with the volume replacement by latissimus dorsi (LD) flap in patients with breast cancer stage III
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