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deltoideopectoral triangle (medicine) and pinniped (iou)


deltoideopectoral triangle (medicine)


deltoideopectoral triangle -->
infraclavicular fossa


A triangular depression bounded by the clavicle and the adjacent borders of the deltoid and pectoralis major muscles.

Synonym: fossa infraclavicularis, deltoideopectoral triangle, deltoideopectoral trigone, infraclavicular triangle, Mohrenheim's fossa, Mohrenheim's space, regio infraclavicularis, trigonum deltoideopectorale.


pinniped (iou)



pinniped adjective & noun. . M19.
[from mod. Latin Pinnipedia noun pl., from Latin pinna fin, wing + ped-, pes foot (cf. Latin pinnipes wing-footed).]
Zoology.
A. adjective. Having feet resembling fins. Now spec. designating or pertaining to a mammalian pinniped (see sense B. below). M19.
b. noun. A pinniped animal; spec. any of a group of mammals of the order Carnivora which have the digits fused to form flippers adapted for swimming (i.e. seals, sea lions, and walruses). Cf. FISSIPED. M19.