thoraco-
a combining form representing thorax in compound words: thoracoplasty.
Origin of thoraco-
1- 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. ReynoldsOssified inter centra occur in the thoraco-lumbar region of the vertebral column.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsIn the Marsupialia there are always nineteen thoraco-lumbar vertebrae, thirteen of which generally bear ribs.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsIn the Chiroptera there are seventeen or eighteen thoraco-lumbar vertebrae, eleven to fourteen of which may bear ribs.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsIn Glyptodon almost all the thoraco-lumbar vertebrae are completely ankylosed together.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
British Dictionary definitions for thoraco-
thorax: thoracotomy
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