thoraco-

1. a combining form representing thorax in compound words:

   thoracoplasty.

thoraco-

combining_form

1. thorax

   thoracotomy

Word History and Origins

Origin of thoraco-¹

Combining form representing Greek thōrāk- (stem of thṓrāx ) chest; see -o-

Example Sentences

The thoraco-lumbar vertebrae are never less than twenty-two in number and are usually twenty-three.

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Ossified inter centra occur in the thoraco-lumbar region of the vertebral column.

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In the Marsupialia there are always nineteen thoraco-lumbar vertebrae, thirteen of which generally bear ribs.

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In the Chiroptera there are seventeen or eighteen thoraco-lumbar vertebrae, eleven to fourteen of which may bear ribs.

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In Glyptodon almost all the thoraco-lumbar vertebrae are completely ankylosed together.

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