chestal area
adj.— «The mid-chest gets an awful lot of scrubbing. Right around the chest plate. We love scrubbing that chestal area.» —by Paul Reiser Couplehood Sept. 1, 1994. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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