Medical Definition of Thoracic stomach

1. A condition in which part or all of the stomach is contained within the thorax; a variant of hiatal hernia. Trifid stomach, a condition in which the stomach is divided by two constrictions into three pouches. Wallet stomach, a form of dilated stomach in which there is a general bag like distention, the antrum and fundus being indistinguishable. Water-trap stomach, a ptotic and dilated stomach, having a relatively high (though normally placed) pyloric outlet which is held up by the gastrohepatic ligament. Synonym: drain-trap stomach. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thoracic Stomach

thoracic nerve
thoracic nerves
thoracic nucleus
thoracic outlet syndrome
thoracic outlet syndrome
thoracic part of aorta
thoracic part of oesophagus
thoracic part of spinal cord
thoracic part of thoracic duct
thoracic respiration
thoracic rotator muscles
thoracic spinal nerves
thoracic spine
thoracic spine fracture
thoracic splanchnic nerves
thoracic stomach (current term)
thoracic surgeon
thoracic surgery
thoracic surgical procedures
thoracic vein
thoracic veins
thoracic vertebra
thoracic vertebrae
thoracic wall
thoraco-
thoracoabdominal
thoracoabdominal nerves
thoracoacromial
thoracoacromial artery
thoracoacromial trunk

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