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perithoracic

perithoracic adjective: around the thorax.

Adjective

perithoracic (not comparable)

  1. Around the thorax.

Origin of perithoracic

From peri- + thoracic.

Questions about perithoracic

What does perithoracic mean?
Perithoracic means around the thorax.
What part of speech is perithoracic?
Perithoracic is an adjective.

Words near perithoracic in the dictionary

  1. peritheliomata
  2. peritheliomatous
  3. perithelium
  4. peritherapeutic
  5. peritherapeutically
  6. perithoracic
  7. perithreshold
  8. perithresholds
  9. perithymic
  10. perithyroidal
  11. periti

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