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Medical Definition of Thoracal

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 Thoracal

Literary usage of Thoracal

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

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1905)
"It is very high at the posterior eyes, and the cephalic portion is marked off from the thoracal on each side by a groove; the sides of the head are oblique ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1908)
"... separates the anterior from the posterior thoracal cavity; in the former there are no germ cells, and the three pairs of nephridia have small funnels; ..."

3. Transactions of the Academy of Science of Saint Louis by Academy of Science of St. Louis (1860)
"The separation of the face and head from the thoracal structure is due to the osseous development independent of the visceral ..."

4. Entomologisk Tidskrift by Entomologiska föreningen i Stockholm (1892)
"... the shape of the 3 thoracal sterna (exceedingly striking is the accordance in the shape of the coxae and their articulation with the body), ..."

5. Entomologisk Tidskrift by Entomologiska föreningen i Stockholm (1894)
"... the shape of the 3 thoracal sterna (exceedingly striking is the accordance in the shape of the coxae and their articulation with the body), ..."

6. The Development of the Chick: An Introduction to Embryology by Frank Rattray Lillie (1908)
"The vertebral and sternal portions of the true thoracal ribs meet at about a right angle in a membranous joint. This bend is indicated in the membranous ..."

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