thoracic : Idioms & Phrases

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thoracic actinomycosis

  • noun a serious form of actinomycosis that affects the chest
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thoracic aorta

  • noun a branch of the descending aorta; divides into the iliac arteries
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thoracic cavity

  • noun the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart
    chest cavity.
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Thoracic duct

  • noun the major duct of the lymphatic system
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  • (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.
Webster 1913

thoracic medicine

  • noun the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the chest
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thoracic nerve

  • noun any of twelve pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the thoracic region of the spinal cord
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thoracic outlet syndrome

  • noun tingling sensations in the fingers; caused by compression on a nerve supplying the arm
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thoracic vein

  • noun veins that drain the thoracic walls
    vena thoracica.
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thoracic vertebra

  • noun one of 12 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; thoracic vertebrae extend from the seventh cervical vertebra down to the first lumbar vertebra
    dorsal vertebra.
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