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Definition of Thoracically
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thoracically
Literary usage of Thoracically
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"... by itself characterized by the presence on the head of large mucous-bearing
cavities, covered with a thin skin, and by the thoracically- situated pelvic ..."
2. Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson, Gustav Killian (1914)
"Physical examination locally in the neck and thoracically as well as generally
by an internist. 5. Endoscopy. History of the patient and deductions ..."
3. The Letters of William James by William James, Henry James (1920)
"I shall stay here — I find myself much more comfortable thoracically already than
when I came — until my Edinburgh lectures begin on May i6th, ..."
4. Surgery of the Upper Abdomen by John Blair Deaver, Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst (1921)
"... preserving only the latter, and the gastric and the right epiploic arteries;
the stomach is then drawn up extra-thoracically to the cervical esophagus, ..."
5. Medical Diagnosis for the Student and Practitioner by Charles Lyman Greene (1917)
"Diminution of the upper (thoracically sheltered) liver area may indicate hepatic
contraction but is more often due to changes outside of the liver itself, ..."
6. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1906)
"The length is about 15mm., the width (at the free abdominal segments) about
l-5mm., thicker thoracically, and tapering from the last four or five segments ..."
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