different between thoracic vs sternal

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

Etymology

From sternum +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?st??.n?l/, /?st??.nl?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st?.nl?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n?l

Adjective

sternal (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of, relating to, or near the sternum.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “sternal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “sternal”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• Antlers, Lenarts, antlers, rentals, reslant, saltern

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??.nal/

Adjective

sternal (feminine singular sternale, masculine plural sternaux, feminine plural sternales)

1. sternal

Derived terms

• fourchette sternale

Further reading

• “sternal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).