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thoracic ducts

thoracic ducts is the plural of thoracic duct.

Meaning of thoracic duct

Noun

thoracic duct (plural thoracic ducts)

  1. A major vessel of the lymphatic system that originates in the abdomen and drains into the blood circulation at the commencement of the left brachiocephalic vein.

Questions about thoracic ducts

What is thoracic ducts the plural of?
Thoracic ducts is the plural of thoracic duct.

Words near thoracic ducts in the dictionary

  1. thoracic cage
  2. thoracic cages
  3. thoracic cavities
  4. thoracic cavity
  5. thoracic duct
  6. thoracic ducts
  7. thoracic ganglia
  8. thoracic ganglion
  9. thoracic insufficiency syndrome
  10. thoracic outlet syndrome
  11. thoracic outlet syndromes

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