different between thoracic vs praecordia

English

Alternative forms

• thoracick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (th?rakikós, “suffering in the chest, of the thorax”), from ????? (th?rax, “thorax”).

Adjective

thoracic (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of the thorax.

Derived terms

Related terms

• thorax

Translations

Noun

thoracic (plural thoracics)

1. (zoology) One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectoral fins.

Anagrams

• trochaic

Interlingua

Noun

thoracic (uncountable)

1. thoracic (of the thorax)

English

Alternative forms

• præcordia (obsolete)
• precordia

Etymology

From Latin, from prae (“before”) + cor, cordis (“the heart”).

Noun

praecordia

1. (anatomy) The front part of the thoracic region; the epigastrium.

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +? cor.

Noun

praecordia n pl (genitive praecordi?rum); second declension

1. (anatomy) diaphragm; midriff
2. entrails
3. chest

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

References

• praecordia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praecordia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praecordia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette