thoracic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: thoracic	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for thoracic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thoracic adj of or relating to the chest or thorax; "pectoral organ" Synonym(s): pectoral, thoracic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thoracic \Thorac"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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thoracic \Tho*rac"ic\, n. [Cf. F. thoracique.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectorial fins.