thoracal, a. Anat. and Zool.
(ˈθɔːrəkəl, ˌθɒˈrækəl)
[f. thoraco- + -al1.]
= thoracic a.
1963 Deutsche Tierärztl. Wochenschr. LXX. 263/2 Case report concerning clinical and post mortem morphologic findings in a pig with connatal kyphoskoliosis and thoracal hernia. 1975 Cell & Tissue Res. CLVI. 539 The 1st instars of Notonecta glauca raised from the eggs at various hypo-osmotic salt concentrations have identical numbers of thoracal chloride cells regardless of the external salinity. 1987 Spine XII. 464 Thoracal spinal mobility alone also correlated with LBP [sc. lower back pain]. |