English Explanatory Dictionary

thoracic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/θəˈɹæsɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thoracic.wav en-us-thoracic.ogg

Word forms

thoracic thoracick thoracics

Etymology

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

Related words

thorax

Derived words

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