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thoracic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /θəˈɹæsɪk/
  • (US) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θωρακικός (thōrakikós, “suffering in the chest, of the thorax”), from θώραξ (thṓrax, “thorax”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of the thorax.
    • Those wings were powered by massive thoracic muscles—muscles no longer needed by a flightless queen. 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press,, →ISBN, page 106:

Forms

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thoracick alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Deriveds

subthoracic · thoracic outlet syndrome · thoracic insufficiency syndrome · interthoracic · thoracic ganglion · midthoracic · mesothoracic · infrathoracic · thoracic spine · thoracic duct · intrathoracic · perithoracic · extrathoracic · endothoracic · dorsothoracic · cardiothoracic · cervicothoracic · spondylothoracic · thoracic vertebra · thoracic cage · craniothoracic · cephalothoracic · cerebrofaciothoracic · thoracic aorta · humerothoracic · costothoracic · nonthoracic · abdominothoracic · transthoracic · sternothoracic · thoracic cavity · metathoracic · thoracic wall · hemithoracic · thoracically · caudothoracic · athoracic · hydrothoracic · scapulothoracic

Relateds

thorax

Translations (25)

ru грудно́й (of the thorax) · ga tóracsach (of the thorax) · vo blötakevik (of the thorax) · pt torácico (of the thorax) · cs hrudní (of the thorax) · io torakala (of the thorax) · ro toracal (of the thorax) · fr thoracique (of the thorax) · eo toraka (of the thorax) · el θωρακικός (of the thorax) · ca toràcic (of the thorax) · pl piersiowy (of the thorax) · es torácico (of the thorax) · grc θωρᾱκικός (of the thorax) · fi rintakehä- (of the thorax) · ru торака́льный (of the thorax) · it toracico (of the thorax) · ast torácicu (of the thorax) · vi ngực (of the thorax) · hu mellkasi (of the thorax) · de thorakal (of the thorax) · oc toracic (of the thorax) · gl torácico (of the thorax) · ro toracic (of the thorax) · la thōrācicus (of the thorax)

thoracic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /θəˈɹæsɪk/
  • (US) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θωρακικός (thōrakikós, “suffering in the chest, of the thorax”), from θώραξ (thṓrax, “thorax”).

Meanings

  1. One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectoral fins.

Forms

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thoracics Number=Plur lexicographic
thoracick alternative, obsolete lexicographic