Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thoracic

/θəˈɹæsɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables: tho-racic
IPA: /θəˈɹæsɪk/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of the thorax.

noun

One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectoral fins.

Example Sentences

"Those wings were powered by massive thoracic muscles—muscles no longer needed by a flightless queen."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θωρακικός (thōrakikós, “suffering in the chest, of the thorax”), from θώραξ (thṓrax, “thorax”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: θωρακικός

Inflected Forms

thoracick (alternative, obsolete) thoracics (plural)

Derived Forms

abdominothoracic athoracic cardiothoracic caudothoracic cephalothoracic cerebrofaciothoracic cervicothoracic costothoracic craniothoracic dorsothoracic endothoracic extrathoracic

Phrases

thoracic aorta thoracic cage thoracic cavity thoracic duct thoracic ganglion thoracic insufficiency syndrome thoracic outlet syndrome thoracic spine

Frequently Paired Words

thorax

Synonyms

pectoral

Rhymes With

classic jurassic neoclassic triassic brassic

Questions

How do you pronounce thoracic?: The recorded pronunciation is /θəˈɹæsɪk/.
What does thoracic mean?: Of the thorax.
Where does thoracic come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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