thoracic
nounEtymology From Ancient Greek θωρακικός (thōrakikós, “suffering in the chest, of the thorax”), from θώραξ (thṓrax, “thorax”).
thoracic
adj/θəˈɹæsɪk/
Etymology From Ancient Greek θωρακικός (thōrakikós, “suffering in the chest, of the thorax”), from θώραξ (thṓrax, “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:
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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 spine, thoracic vertebra, thoracic wall, transthoracic- Related terms
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