thoracic

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/θəˈɹæsɪk/

Definition of thoracic

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

(not-comparable)Of the thorax.

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

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adj

(not-comparable)Of the thorax.

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

noun

One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectoral fins.

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

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