thoracic

[thaw-ras-ik, thoh-]

adjective

of or relating to the thorax.

Also tho·ra·cal

[thawr-uh-kuh l, thohr-] /ˈθɔr ə kəl, ˈθoʊr-/.

Origin of thoracic

1650–60; < Medieval Latin thōrācicus < Greek thōrākikós. See thorac-, -ic

Related formsnon·tho·rac·ic, adjectivepost·tho·rac·ic, adjectivepre·tho·rac·ic, adjectivesub·tho·ra·cal, adjectivesub·tho·rac·ic, adjectivetrans·tho·rac·ic, adjective

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Examples from the Web for thoracic

Contemporary Examples of thoracic

Back home, he became the chief of thoracic and vascular surgery at Harlem Hospital.
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Michael Daly
January 20, 2014

Historical Examples of thoracic

Mesostigma: in Odonata, the spiracles of second thoracic segment.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
John. B. Smith
Metastigma: in Odonata, the spiracles of third thoracic segment.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
John. B. Smith
It is the motion of cold objectivity from the thoracic ganglion.
Fantasia of the Unconscious
D. H. Lawrence
The correspondence between the thoracic and pelvic limbs is notorious.
On the Genesis of Species
St. George Mivart
The thoracic segments are provided with wider plates, but unarmed.
The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles
Jean Henri Fabre

British Dictionary definitions for thoracic

thoracic

adjective

of, near, or relating to the thorax

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Word Origin and History for thoracic

adj.

1650s, from Medieval Latin thoracicus, from Greek thorakikos, from thorax (see thorax).

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