thoracic

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The thorax is that portion of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, the cavity of which (known as the thoracic cavity) is occupied mainly by the lungs and heart.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or situated in or near the thorax: the thoracic vertebrae; the thoracic cavity.

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  1. = French thoracique = Spanish torácico = Portuguese thoracico = Italian toracico, from New Latin *thoracicus, from Latin thorax (thorac-), the thorax: see thorax.
 

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