thoracic
English
Alternative forms
- thoracick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θωρακικός (thōrakikós, “suffering in the chest, of the thorax”), from θώραξ (thṓrax, “thorax”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θəˈɹæsɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -æsɪk
Adjective
thoracic (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Of the thorax.
- 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press,, →ISBN, page 106:
- Those wings were powered by massive thoracic muscles—muscles no longer needed by a flightless queen.
Derived terms
- abdominothoracic
- cardiothoracic
- caudothoracic
- cephalothoracic
- cervicothoracic
- craniothoracic
- extrathoracic
- interthoracic
- intrathoracic
- mesothoracic
- metathoracic
- midthoracic
- nonthoracic
- perithoracic
- scapulothoracic
- spondylothoracic
- subthoracic
- thoracically
- thoracic cage
- thoracic cavity
- thoracic duct
- thoracic ganglion
- thoracic insufficiency syndrome
- thoracic outlet syndrome
- thoracic vertebra
- thoracic wall
- transthoracic
Related terms
Translations
of the thorax
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Noun
thoracic (plural thoracics)
- (zoology) One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectoral fins.
Anagrams
Interlingua
Noun
thoracic (uncountable)
- thoracic (of the thorax)