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chicken-breasted

chicken-breasted

9.9
A chest where the breastbone sticks out
  • adjective
  • Archaic
translation icon : pectus excavatum
  • The patient was chicken-breasted due to rickets in early childhood.

Examples

  • Doctors described the chest deformity as chicken-breasted, requiring specialized physical therapy.

  • Many children with chicken-breasted conditions can benefit from physical therapy.

  • He noticed his chicken-breasted appearance in the mirror as his chest bone protruded.

  • The child was diagnosed as chicken-breasted after the doctor examined him.

  • Doctors described the chest deformity as chicken-breasted, which can lead to difficulties in breathing.

  • After the examination, the doctor confirmed that he was chicken-breasted and recommended treatment.

  • The child was chicken-breasted due to a condition that had developed during his early years.

Synonyms

pigeon-breasted
vschicken-breasted
  • Archaic
9.9

Having a chest with the breastbone sticking out because of a bone problem

is the same deformity but usually linked specifically to infantile rickets

Surface Forms

chicken-breasted positive

Morphology

chicken-breasted = chicken + breast (opaque) = chicken + breast + ed

Formally the adjective is built by adding -ed to the compound 'chicken-breast', which is a straightforward morphological operation.

Etymology

Chicken-breasted comes from a simple comparison: people thought the chest looked like a chicken's breast, the part that sticks out. So chicken-breasted describes a chest where the breastbone pushes outward, which doctors sometimes call 'pigeon chest'.