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Webster 1913 Edition

Thoracic

Tho-rac′ic

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
thoracique
.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the thorax, or chest.
Thoracic duct
(Anat.)
,
the great trunk of the lymphatic vessels, situated on the ventral side of the vertebral column in the thorax and abdomen. See Illust. of
Lacteal
.

Tho-rac′ic

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
thoracique
.]
(Zool.)
One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectorial fins.

Webster 1828 Edition

Thoracic

THORAC'IC

,
Adj.
[L. thorax, the breast.] Pertaining to the breast; as the thoracic arteries.
The thoracic duct, is the trunk of the absorbent vessels. It runs up along the spine from the receptacle of the chyle to the left subclavian vein, in which it terminates.

Definition 2024

thoracic

thoracic

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thoracic ‎(not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Of the thorax.

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Noun

thoracic ‎(plural thoracics)

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

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Etymology

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

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