THORACIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thoracic mean? 

• THORACIC (adjective)
  The adjective THORACIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the chest or thorax

  Familiarity information: THORACIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THORACIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the chest or thorax

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

pectoral; thoracic

Context example:

pectoral organ

Pertainym:

chest (the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates)

 Context examples 

A non-metastasizing neoplasm arising from any of the organs of the thoracic cavity.

(Benign Thoracic Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-neoplastic disorder that affects the thorax and/or the organs of the thoracic cavity.

(Non-Neoplastic Thoracic Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical course usually leads to early local invasion of the bony thoracic structures.

(Pancoast Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Any component of the fibromuscular tissue that separates the thoracic from the abdominal cavity.

(Diaphragm Part, NCI Thesaurus)

Fibromuscular tissue that separates the thoracic from the abdominal cavity.

(Diaphragm, NCI Thesaurus)

Causes include malignancies (usually lymphoma), trauma to the thoracic duct, tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, and congenital causes.

(Chylothorax, NCI Thesaurus)

Any one of the seven vertebrae that start with C1, connecting the skull to the spine, and ends with C7, which joins the cervical with the thoracic spine.

(Cervical Vertebra, NCI Thesaurus)

Chylothorax that results from malignancies (usually lymphoma), trauma to the thoracic duct, tuberculosis, or sarcoidosis.

(Acquired Chylothorax, NCI Thesaurus)

The synovial joints that attach the heads of the ribs to the bodies of the thoracic vertebrae.

(Costovertebral Joint, NCI Thesaurus)

The small arteries arising from the thoracic aorta that supply the pericardium.

(Pericardiac Artery, NCI Thesaurus)