Thoracic

Definition: Thoracic

Thoracic

Adjective

1. Of or relating to the chest or thorax; "pectoral organ".

Date "thoracic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Thoracic

Domain	Definitions
Health	Having to do with the chest. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Thoracic

Synonym: pectoral (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Thoracic

English words defined with "thoracic": azygos vein, azygous vein ♦ Baenopod, Body cavity, brachial plexus ♦ costoaxillary vein, Costotome ♦ descending aorta, diaphragm, dorsal vertebra ♦ lacteal, lumbar vertebra ♦ mediastinum, Mesoscutum, midriff ♦ Peraeopod, plexus brachialis, Postfurca, Postscutellum, Praecordia, Prescutum ♦ Scutellum, Scutum, serratus posterior inferior, Snap beetle, Snap bug, sympathetic nervous system ♦ thoracic actinomycosis, thoracic aorta, thoracic cavity, thoracic duct, thoracic medicine, thoracic nerve, thoracic outlet syndrome, thoracic vein, thoracic vertebra, Thoracica, thoracoepigastric vein, Thoracostraca ♦ vena azygos, vena thoracica, vena thoracoepigastrica. (references)

Specialty definitions using "thoracic": Aorta, Thoracic, Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal, Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic ♦ Back Pain, Bronchopulmonary Sequestration ♦ C T, Cardiography, Impedance, Central Cord Syndrome ♦ Flail Chest ♦ g-suit ♦ hod carrier's shoulder, hod carriers'shoulder ♦ Intercostal Nerves ♦ Lymphocyte Depletion ♦ Mammary Arteries, Median Nerve ♦ Pleural Neoplasms ♦ Radiography, Thoracic ♦ Stellate Ganglion, subacromial bursitis ♦ Thoracic Arteries, thoracic compliance, Thoracic Diseases, thoracic dust, thoracic fraction, Thoracic Injuries, Thoracic Nerves, thoracic subfraction, Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted, Thoracic Surgical Procedures, tracheobronchial fraction, Tuberculosis, Pleural. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Thoracic

Domain	Title
References	The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Atlas of Thoracic Surgery (reference) General Thoracic Surgery (2-Volume Set) (reference) Thoracic Imaging: Case Review (reference) Thoracic Radiology for the Small Animal Practitioner (reference) Thoracic Radiology: the Requisites (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Excerpta Medica - Section 15 Chest Diseases Thoracic Surgery & Tuberculosis (reference) Journal Of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery - Bound Ed (reference) Operative Techniques In Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery (reference) Seminars In Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery (reference) Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgeon (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Thoracic

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Photo Album: Thoracic

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	The iron lung encased the thoracic cavity externally in an air-tight chamber. The chamber was used to create a negative pressure around the thoracic cavity, thereby causing air to rush into the lungs to equalize intrapulmonary pressure.Credit: CDC.		[Medical and Dental Officers of the U.S. Army in Training in Thoracic Surgery in the Mayo Foundation with the Officers Responsible for Instruction].Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Thoracic

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The peripheral nervous system refers to the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral nerve trunks leading away from the spine to the limbs. (references)
		Thoracic outlet syndrome consists of symptoms caused by compression of the nerves in the brachial plexus (nerves that pass into the arms from the neck) or blood vessels. (references)
		However, no prospective controlled study has confirmed that these 12- to 24-hour recordings of heart rate and thoracic impedance are predictive of SIDS or life-threatening apnea. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Thoracic

"Thoracic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Thoracic" is used about 61 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	61	43,149

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Thoracic

Expressions using "thoracic": thoracic actinomycosis ♦ thoracic aorta ♦ Thoracic Arteries ♦ thoracic cavity ♦ thoracic compliance ♦ Thoracic Diseases ♦ thoracic duct ♦ thoracic dust ♦ thoracic fraction ♦ Thoracic Injuries ♦ thoracic medicine ♦ thoracic nerve ♦ Thoracic Nerves ♦ thoracic outlet syndrome ♦ thoracic subfraction ♦ Thoracic Surgery ♦ Thoracic Surgical Procedures ♦ thoracic vein ♦ thoracic vertebra. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "thoracic": cardio-thoracic.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Thoracic

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
thoracic outlet syndrome	393	syndrome thoracic	9
american society thoracic	125	aorta thoracic	9
thoracic	77	herniated thoracic disc	8
thoracic spine	63	american board surgery thoracic	8
thoracic surgery	63	strain thoracic	8
thoracic outlet	37	spondylosis thoracic	8
annals surgery thoracic	29	outlet symptom syndrome thoracic	8
society surgeon thoracic	28	radiculopathy thoracic	7
thoracic surgeon	23	thoracic spine pain	7
thoracic aortic aneurism	22	cord spinal thoracic	7
thoracic aneurism	19	thoracic outlet syndrome and surgery	6
endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy	18	thoracic duct	6
thoracic pain	15	complication endoscopic sympathectomy thoracic	6
thoracic back pain	15	outlet syndrome thoracic treatment	6
british society thoracic	15	laparoscopy surgery thoracic	6
cardiovascular journal surgery thoracic	12	thoracic nerve	6
thoracic vertebrae	12	disc thoracic	6
thoracic disc herniation	11	society of thoracic surgery	6
cavity thoracic	11	thoracic nerves	5
long thoracic nerve	10	louis st surgery thoracic	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Thoracic

Language		Translations for "thoracic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏قفص صدري (chest, thoracic cavity, thorax). (various references)

Bulgarian		торакален, отнасящ се до гръдния кош. (various references)

Chinese		胸部. (various references)

Danish		torakal. (various references)

Dutch		thoracaal. (various references)

Finnish		torakaalinen, rintakehä-. (various references)

French		thoracique. (various references)

German		Brustlymphgang, Brust... (mammary, pectoral). (various references)

Greek		θωρακικός, θωρακινόσ. (various references)

Hungarian		mellső lábak (thoracic limb), karok (thoracic limb), felső test (thoracic limb). (various references)

Italian		toracico (thoracal). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		胸部外科 (thoracic surgery), 胸腔 (thoracic cavity, thorax), 胸椎 (thoracic vertebra). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		きょうくう (thoracic cavity, thorax), きょうぶげか (thoracic surgery), きょうつい (thoracic vertebra), きょうこう (consternation, crime, enforcement, famine, firm, forcing, height of a mirror stand, murder, panic, poor crops, Pope, scare, strong, stubborn, thoracic cavity, thorax, unbending, unyielding, vigorous, violence). (various references)

Manx		thoracksagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		oracicthay

Portuguese		torácico. (various references)

Russian		грудной (mammary, pectoral, sucking). (various references)

Spanish		torácico. (various references)

Swedish		thoraxapertursyndrom (cervicobrachial syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome), thoracic outlet syndrom (cervicobrachial syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome), scalenus anticussyndrom (cervicobrachial syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome). (various references)

Thai		ที่อยู่บริเวณทรวงอก. (various references)

Turkish		göğüse ait. (various references)

Vietnamese		ở ngực. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Thoracic

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	thoracalis. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Thoracic

Derivations
	Words beginning with "thoracic": thoracically. (additional references)
	Words ending with "thoracic": cardiothoracic, intrathoracic, mesothoracic, metathoracic, prothoracic, transthoracic. (additional references)
	Words containing "thoracic": intrathoracically, transthoracically. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Thoracic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Horabik, thorac, thorasic. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Thoracic"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "thoracic" (pronounced thôra"sik)
4	-a" s i k	classic, neoclassic.
3	-s i k	analgesic, anorexic, basic, carsick, diabasic, dyslexic, extrinsic, forensic, geodesic, intrinsic, nontoxic, toxic.
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Anagrams: Thoracic

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: trochaic.
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-h-i-o-r-t"
	-1 letter: acrotic, chaotic, chariot, cochair, haricot.
	-2 letters: aortic, arctic, caroch, choric, cratch, crotch, thoria, thoric.
	-3 letters: actor, airth, aitch, cacti, catch, chair, chart, chiao, chico, chiro, choir, circa, coach, coact, coati, coria, croci, ichor, orach, ratch, ratio, roach, rotch, taroc, torah, torch, toric, triac.
	-4 letters: airt, arch, arco, cart, chao, char, chat, chia, chic, chit.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-c-h-i-o-r-t"
	+1 letter: chromatic, trochaics.
	+2 letters: achromatic, anchoritic, cataphoric, chromatics, escharotic, octarchies, theocratic.
	+3 letters: achondritic, chocolatier, chromatinic, dichromatic, escharotics, euchromatic, macrophytic, ochlocratic, prothoracic, theocracies.
	+4 letters: apochromatic, arthroscopic, cartographic, cataphoretic, catastrophic, chalcopyrite, chiropractic, chiropractor, chocolatiers, chromaticism, chromaticity, hypocritical, lycanthropic, mesothoracic, metathoracic, nonarchitect, panchromatic, physiocratic, pictographic, prophylactic, technocratic, theocratical, thermotactic, thoracically, trichromatic, trochanteric.
	+5 letters: actinomorphic, anachronistic, architectonic, cephalometric, chalcopyrites, chiaroscurist, chiropractics, chiropractors, chloroplastic, chromatically, chromaticisms, chromatolytic, chromonematic, clavichordist, crosshatching, cryptographic, intrathoracic, metachromatic, monochromatic, nonarchitects, ochlocratical, petrochemical, phallocentric, polychromatic, prophylactics, pyrotechnical, technocracies, transthoracic.
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