单词 | thoracic |
释义 | thoracicadj.n. A. adj. 1. a. Anatomy. Of, pertaining to, or contained in the thorax; pectoral. thoracic aorta (also called pectoral aorta), that part of the aorta which traverses the thorax. thoracic artery, any one of the branches arising from the axillary artery. thoracic cage, the skeleton of the thorax with its ligaments (Billings, 1890). thoracic cavity, the space enclosed by the ribs, spine, and diaphragm, containing the heart, lungs, etc. thoracic duct, the main trunk of the lymphatic system, through which the chyle and lymph are conveyed to the blood. thoracic limb, in a vertebrate, a fore-limb; in man, the arm; in quadrupeds, the fore-leg; in birds, the wing; in fishes, a thoracic or pectoral fin; in invertebrates, a member appended to the thorax. thoracic vertebra, a vertebra which articulates with a rib; a dorsal vertebra. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > internal organs > cavities occupied by internal organs > [adjective] > chest thoracic1656 thoraciform1826 thoracic-abdominal1835 intrathoracic1862 thoracico-abdominal1870 thoracacromial1887 thoracabdominal1891 thoracicacromial1891 thoracico-humeral1891 thoracicoacromial1895 thoracico-lumbar1899 transthoracic1905 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > [adjective] > chest pectorala1500 thoracic1656 thoracical1664 thoracious1681 thorakial1716 subpectoral1824 thoracal1963 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Thorachique,..belonging to the breast or stomack. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Vein 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Thoracique,..belonging to the stomack or brest. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Thoracic Arteries are distinguish'd by upper and lower. There are likewise Thoracic Veins, an upper and under, for the Reconveyance of the Blood from the Thorax to the Axillary Vein... Thoracic duct,..is a little Canal arising from, or rather a Continuation of, the Exit or Mouth of the Receptaculum Chyli. 1793 T. Beddoes Let. to E. Darwin 56 No sooner does it touch the lungs than..the functions of all the thoracic organs go on easily and pleasantly again. 1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. Pref. p. viii The thoracic and abdominal viscera. 1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. i. 13 In our own country at least, thoracic inflammations are most frequent during the cold seasons of the year. b. Pertaining to, attached to, or forming part of the thorax (of an insect or crustacean). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > [adjective] > of parts of > relating to or attached to thorax thoracic1817 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. 413 The light emitted by the two thoracic tubercles alone is so considerable [etc.]. 1880 T. H. Huxley Crayfish i. 22 The crayfish..walks by means of the four hinder pairs of thoracic limbs. 2. Ichthyology. Having the ventral fins situated directly beneath the pectoral; belonging to the Thōrācicī, the third order of fishes in the Linnæan system. Cf. abdominal adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [adjective] > having fin(s) > of relation of ventral to pectoral jugular1769 thoracic1769 subbrachial1830 subbrachian1835 subbrachiate1855 1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 216 That section of bony fish, termed Thoracic. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 303 The ventral fins placed directly under the pectoral fins,..and then it is called a Thoracic fish. 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 183 The fins called ‘ventral’..indicate by their position the orders of fishes called ‘abdominal’, ‘thoracic’, and ‘jugular’, by Linnæus. 3. Having a thorax (as a distinguishing character); belonging to the Thoracica, a sub-order of cirripeds, in which the body consists of six thoracic segments, with a rudimentary abdomen. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [adjective] > cirripedous > belonging to Thoracica thoracic1891 1891 in Cent. Dict. 4. As a specific distinction in Natural History: Having the thorax conspicuously marked or coloured. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > having thorax marked or coloured thoracicc1812 thoraxed1907 c1812 G. Shaw Vivarium Naturæ, or Naturalist’s Misc. XXII. 969 Thoracic Wagtail [Motacilla thoracica]. 1819 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. XI. 322 Thoracic Francolin [Francolinus thoracicus]. B. n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for treating specific parts > [noun] > for the chest or lungs lightwort1587 lungwort1597 pulmonic1663 pectoral1699 thoracic1710 pneumonic1715 drosera1801 lungs of oak1856 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Thoracica, medicines proper for Diseases of the Breast.] 1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 249 In a word, it's a most excellent Thoracic. 2. A thoracic fish: see A. 2 above. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > fin or parts of fin > pectoral > having ventral fins specific relating to pectoral thoracic1828 subbrachian1834 jugular1835 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Thoracics,..an order of bony fishes,..the ventral fins are placed underneath the thorax, or beneath the pectoral fins. 3. A thoracic organ or structure. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > internal organs > cavities occupied by internal organs > [noun] > chest > part in thoracic1842 1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Thoracics, First of the, mammary superior external artery. Compounds thoracic-abdominal adj. of the combined thorax and abdomen. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > internal organs > cavities occupied by internal organs > [adjective] > chest thoracic1656 thoraciform1826 thoracic-abdominal1835 intrathoracic1862 thoracico-abdominal1870 thoracacromial1887 thoracabdominal1891 thoracicacromial1891 thoracico-humeral1891 thoracicoacromial1895 thoracico-lumbar1899 transthoracic1905 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 214/1 A..band which commences at the thoracic-abdominal constriction. 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 191 The ribs..do not encompass the thoracic-abdominal cavity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1656 |
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