thoracic
/θəˈɹæsɪk/
thoracic adjective: of the thorax.
Adjective
thoracic (not comparable)
- Of the thorax.
- Those wings were powered by massive thoracic muscles—muscles no longer needed by a flightless queen.2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press,, →ISBN, page 106
Noun
thoracic (plural thoracics)
thoracic meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
thoracic in Tamil
- பொட்டு நரம்பு, மார்பக, மார்பறைச்சிரை, மார்பு, நெஞ்சறைக்குரிய
thoracic in Marathi
- थोरॅसिक, वक्षशूल
thoracic in Bengali
- থোরাসিক, বক্ষবিশিষ্ট
thoracic in Telugu
- థొరాసిక్
More languagesFewer languages
- thoracic in Malayalam
- തോറാസിക്
- thoracic in Kannada
- ಥೊರಾಸಿಕ್
- thoracic in Gujarati
- થોરાસિક
- thoracic in Odia
- ଥୋରାସିକ୍, ଥୋରାସିକ
- thoracic in Nepali
- थोरासिक
- thoracic in Vietnamese
- ngực
Examples of thoracic in a sentence
- Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.
- Four measurement items were thoracic vertebrae (Th1–Th12), lower thoracic vertebrae (Th9–Th12), lumbar vertebrae (Th12–S1), and sacral slope.
- Neurological examination revealed upper thoracic myeloradiculopathy probably of neoplastic origin with sensory localization to D5 spinal level.
Forms of thoracic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | thoracick |
| Noun | |
| plural | thoracics |
Origin of thoracic
From Ancient Greek θωρακικός (thōrakikós, “suffering in the chest, of the thorax”), from θώραξ (thṓrax, “thorax”).
Words formed from thoracic
- abdominothoracic
- athoracic
- cardiothoracic
- caudothoracic
- cephalothoracic
- cerebrofaciothoracic
- cervicothoracic
- costothoracic
- craniothoracic
- dorsothoracic
- endothoracic
- extrathoracic
- hemithoracic
- humerothoracic
- hydrothoracic
- infrathoracic
- interthoracic
- intrathoracic
- mesothoracic
- metathoracic
- midthoracic
- nonthoracic
- perithoracic
- scapulothoracic
- spondylothoracic
- sternothoracic
- subthoracic
- thoracically
- thoracic aorta
- thoracic cage
- thoracic cavity
- thoracic duct
- thoracic ganglion
- thoracic insufficiency syndrome
- thoracic outlet syndrome
- thoracic spine
- thoracic vertebra
- thoracic wall
- transthoracic
Phrases with thoracic
Words that rhyme with thoracic
Questions about thoracic
- What does thoracic mean?
- Thoracic means of the thorax.
- What is thoracic in Tamil?
- Thoracic in Tamil is பொட்டு நரம்பு, மார்பக, மார்பறைச்சிரை. See Thoracic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is thoracic?
- Thoracic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce thoracic?
- Thoracic is pronounced /θəˈɹæsɪk/.
Words near thoracic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: thoracic (page history and authors); thoracic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thoracic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thoracic (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thoracic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thoracic (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thoracic (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thoracic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thoracic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thoracic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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