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Pécs

 (pāch)
A city of southwest Hungary near the Croatian border south-southwest of Budapest. It was a Celtic settlement and later the capital of a Roman province.
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Pécs

(Hungarian peːtʃ)
n
(Placename) an industrial city in SW Hungary: university (1367). Pop: 158 942 (2003 est)
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pecs

(pɛks)

n.pl. Informal.
pectoral muscles.
[1965–70; by shortening]

Pécs

(peɪtʃ)

n.
a city in SW Hungary. 182,000.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Pécs - either of two large muscles of the chestpecs - either of two large muscles of the chest
skeletal muscle, striated muscle - a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes
greater pectoral muscle, musculus pectoralis major, pectoralis major - a skeletal muscle that adducts and rotates the arm
musculus pectoralis minor, pectoralis minor, smaller pectoral muscle - a skeletal muscle that draws down the scapula or raises the ribs
chest, pectus, thorax - the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
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Translations

pecs

[peks] NPL ABBR =pectoralspectorales mpl
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pecs

[ˈpɛks] npl (= pectorals) → pectoraux mpl
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pecs

pl (inf) abbr of pectorals → Brustmuskeln pl
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The arrival of Integrated Care Organisations (ICOs) is driving the current consolidation of PECs, a process which will enable the sector to more easily stand-ardise models of service delivery, reduce administrative costs and improve consistency.
Mohammed Al Amri, Senior Consultant for Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Assistant Director of the PECs, said the increase in the number of children coming to the PECs since the onset of winter also coincides with the start of the new school term.
Hamad Medical Corporation's (HMC) five Paediatric Emergency Centers (PECs) have reported an increase of patients with cold and flu symptoms in the recent weeks, as temperatures have continued to drop.
Senior management of the PBS briefed the PECs about the progress of printing of required material for delimitation including maps and description.
The PECS protocol and training sequence are based on the analysis offered by Skinner (1957) in his seminal work, Verbal Behavior.
Home to more than 160,000 people, Pecs is the administrative and economic center of southwestern Hungary.
The EMEA risk assessment protocol is a tiered process that begins with a rough calculation of the aquatic predicted environmental concentration (PEC) of the new drug.
Surprisingly, such pretreatment increased the retention efficiency of all of the PEC mixtures tested.
Address for correspondence: Zsuzsanna Nemes, Department of Infectology, Baranya County Hospital, Pecs, 7623 Pecs, Rakoczi u.
This paper offers an in depth look into the efficacy of training a child with pervasive developmental disorder and ADHD's mand repertoires, comparing a method using sign language and a method using the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS).