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Pecho Pecten Pecto Pectoral Pectus

Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)

Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ PECHO     sp for BREAST or CHEST or THORAX
            id+ | PROMINENT BODY PROTUBERANCE |
~ PECTEN    id+ | COMB LIKE |
~ PECTO~    prefix for
~ PECTORAL  med> PERTAINING TO THE CHEST
~ PECTUS    id+ | PERTAINING THE CHEST |
^u          for etymology start with see> CHEST
  indoeur  PEKTOS   COMB
  lat      PECTO    same
           PECTUS   or
  sp       PECHO    CHEST or
                    BOSOM or
                    BREAST
           PEINE    COMB
  lat      PECTUS   or
  eng  CHEST        note
  ukr  CHESTYS      or
       CHESATYS     COMBING
       HRUD         CHEST
       HRUDA        HARD
  med> PECTUS EXCAVATUM or CARINATUM refers to a
       THORACCIC DEFORMITY DUE TO STERNA THAT
  ARE SUNKEN OR   PROTRUDING LIKE A KEEL OR CARINA
  cont see> STERN

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