thoraco-


  1. a combining form representing thorax in compound words: thoracoplasty.

Origin of thoraco-

1
Combining form representing Greek thōrāk- (stem of thṓrāx) chest; see -o-
  • Also especially before a vowel, thorac-.

Words Nearby thoraco-

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How to use thoraco- in a sentence

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

    The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
  • Ossified inter centra occur in the thoraco-lumbar region of the vertebral column.

    The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
  • In the Marsupialia there are always nineteen thoraco-lumbar vertebrae, thirteen of which generally bear ribs.

    The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
  • In the Chiroptera there are seventeen or eighteen thoraco-lumbar vertebrae, eleven to fourteen of which may bear ribs.

    The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
  • In Glyptodon almost all the thoraco-lumbar vertebrae are completely ankylosed together.

    The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for thoraco-

thoraco-

combining form
  1. thorax: thoracotomy

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