thoracic
adjective
- pertaining to the thorax
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /θəˈɹæsɪk/
adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θωρακικός (thōrakikós, “suffering in the chest, of the thorax”), from θώραξ (thṓrax, “thorax”).
- Of the thorax.
“Those wings were powered by massive thoracic muscles—muscles no longer needed by a flightless queen.”
noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θωρακικός (thōrakikós, “suffering in the chest, of the thorax”), from θώραξ (thṓrax, “thorax”).
- One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectoral fins.