Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thoracic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thoracic \Tho*rac"ic\, n. [Cf. F. thoracique.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed
beneath the thorax or beneath the pectorial fins.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thoracic \Tho*rac"ic\, a. [Cf. F. thoracique.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the thorax, or chest.
{Thoracic duct} (Anat.), the great trunk of the lymphatic
vessels, situated on the ventral side of the vertebral
column in the thorax and abdomen. See Illust. of
{Lacteal}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thoracic
adj : of or relating to the chest or thorax; "pectoral organ"
[syn: {pectoral}]
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