Pecs

//pɛks// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of pec form-of, plural
  2. 2
    either of two large muscles of the chest wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of picture exchange communication system. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "Sandra had two boys in the autism class. Arriving to the school, one of her sons was non-verbal; he had been trained to communicate using the picture exchange communication system (PECS). […] Her son lost his PECS skills. She was also upset to learn that her son had been placed in a personalised sensory space without her permission."

Synonyms

All synonyms
musculus pectoralispectoralpectoralpectoral musclepectoralispectoralis major

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"Sandra had two boys in the autism class. Arriving to the school, one of her sons was non-verbal; he had been trained to communicate using the picture exchange communication system (PECS). […] Her son lost his PECS skills. She was also upset to learn that her son had been placed in a personalised sensory space without her permission."

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