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Thoracic

//θəˈɹæsɪk// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of the thorax. not-comparable

    "Those wings were powered by massive thoracic muscles—muscles no longer needed by a flightless queen."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the chest or thorax wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectoral fins.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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