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THORACIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the chest or thorax
Example:
pectoral organ
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
chest (the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates)
Context examples:
A benign, slow-growing tumor arising from the soft tissues usually in the mid-thoracic region of the elderly.
(Elastofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)
A spinal curve that originates at the middle of the second thoracic vertebra and terminates at the middle of the last thoracic vertebra.
(Dorsal Curve, NCI Thesaurus)
A chromosomal aberration t(15;19)(q13;p13.1) involving the gene and the human C15orf55 gene is associated with a lethal midline thoracic, head and neck carcinoma.
(BRD4 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
The portion of the aorta following the aortic arch passing into the chest and abdomen creating the thoracic and abdominal segments.
(Descending Aorta, NCI Thesaurus)
A chromosomal aberration t(15;19)(q13;p13.1) involving the gene and the human BRD4 gene is associated with a lethal midline thoracic, head and neck carcinoma.
(C15orf55 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Pathology involving the thoracic, thoracoabdominal, or abdominal aorta (including aneurysms).
(Aorta Disease, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
The area between the lungs; it contains the thymus, some lymph nodes, and vessels and branches of the internal thoracic artery.
(Anterior mediastinum, NCI Thesaurus)
Measures the electrical activity of the electrode on the left thoracic limb.
(Augmented Vector Left, NCI Thesaurus)
A primitive neuroectodermal tumor (small round blue cell tumor) of the thorax which can involve the periosteum, thoracic wall and/or pleura though it spares the lung parenchyma.
(Askin Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
Measures the electrical activity of the electrode on the right thoracic limb.
(Augmented Vector Right, NCI Thesaurus)
