thoracic

[ thaw-ras-ik, thoh- ]

/ θɔˈræs ɪk, θoʊ- /

adjective

of or relating to the thorax.

Nearby words

thor, thorac-, thoracalgia, thoracectomy, thoracentesis, thoracic, thoracic artery, thoracic cage, thoracic cardiac nerve, thoracic cavity, thoracic duct

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 forms

non·tho·rac·ic, adjectivepost·tho·rac·ic, adjectivepre·tho·rac·ic, adjectivesub·tho·ra·cal, adjective

sub·tho·rac·ic, adjectivetrans·tho·rac·ic, adjective

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Examples from the Web for thoracic

Back home, he became the chief of thoracic and vascular surgery at Harlem Hospital.
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Never forgiving and never forgetting is a trait of these people as contrasted with the Thoracic.
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In the Hares (Leporidae) the number is nineteen, twelve or thirteen of which are thoracic.
The Vertebrate Skeleton|Sidney H. Reynolds
The metapophyses assume the vertical position on the eighth thoracic.
The Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphidae|Frederick True

There is a slight compensatory curve to the right in the thoracic region, and the right side of the chest projects backwards.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles
Most of the fishes with spines in the fins have thoracic ventrals.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)|David Starr Jordan

British Dictionary definitions for thoracic

thoracic

/ (θɔːˈræsɪk) /

adjective

of, near, or relating to the thorax

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