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Definition of Thoracic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the chest or thorax. "Pectoral organ"

Definition of Thoracic

1. a. Of or pertaining to the thorax, or chest.

2. n. One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectorial fins.

Definition of Thoracic

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of the thorax. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thoracic

1. thorax [adj] - See also: thorax

Medical Definition of Thoracic

1. Pertaining to or affecting the chest. Origin: L. Thoracicus, Gr. Thorakikos This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thoracic

Literary usage of Thoracic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Edward Albert Schäfer, Johnson Symington, Thomas Hastie Bryce (1909)
"The mesial branches of the upper six or seven thoracic nerves pass hack- wards ... The cutaneous offsets of the thoracic nerves run obliquely downwards in ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"IN two former papers I expressed my conviction that thoracic aneurysm is much ... That the diagnosis of thoracic aneurysm is often missed is shown l>y the ..."

3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"Anterior thoracic Region. Pectoralis major. Pectoralis minor. ... The superficial fascia of the thoracic region is a loose ..."

4. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"crossing posterior to the aorta and the thoracic duct, it joins the vena azygos. ... The thoracic tributaries of this vein are the intercostal veins of the ..."

5. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The anterior divisions of the thoracic nerves (rami anteriores; ventral divisions) are twelve in number on either side. Eleven of them are situated between ..."

6. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle (1901)
"that the effusion was chyle, the thoracic duct being torn just opposite the ... In 1891 Eyer reported a case of rupture of the thoracic duct, causing death ..."

7. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"The posterior thoracic nerve often gets an additional root from the seventh ... From the upper or outer cord,—the external of the two anterior thoracic ..."

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