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thoracic

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /θəˈɹæsɪk/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of the thorax.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectoral fins.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to the chest or thorax

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • pectoral organ

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pectoral

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θωρακικός (thōrakikós, “suffering in the chest, of the thorax”), from θώραξ (thṓrax, “thorax”).

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: torácicu — of the thorax
  • Catalan: toràcic — of the thorax
  • Czech: hrudní — of the thorax
  • Esperanto: toraka — of the thorax
  • Finnish: rintakehä- — of the thorax
  • French: thoracique — of the thorax
  • Galician: torácico — of the thorax
  • German: thorakal — of the thorax
  • Greek: θωρακικός (thorakikós) — of the thorax
  • Ancient Greek: θωρᾱκικός (thōrākikós) — of the thorax
  • Hungarian: mellkasi — of the thorax
  • Ido: torakala — of the thorax
  • Irish: tóracsach — of the thorax
  • Italian: toracico — of the thorax
  • Latin: thōrācicus — of the thorax
  • Occitan: toracic — of the thorax
  • Polish: piersiowy — of the thorax
  • Portuguese: torácico — of the thorax
  • Romanian: toracic — of the thorax
  • Romanian: toracal — of the thorax
  • Russian: грудно́й (grudnój) — of the thorax
  • Russian: торака́льный (torakálʹnyj) — of the thorax
  • Spanish: torácico — of the thorax
  • Vietnamese: ngực — of the thorax
  • Volapük: blötakevik — of the thorax