Thoracentesis
‖Tho′ra‐cen‐te″sis (?), n.(Surg.) The operation of puncturing the chest wall so as to let out liquids contained in the cavity of the chest.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Thoracic
Tho‐rac″ic (?), a. [Cf. F. thoracique.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the thorax, or chest.Thoracic duct(Anat.), the great trunk of the lymphatic vessels, situated on the ventral ...
Thoracic (2)
Tho‐rac″ic, n. [Cf. F. thoracique.] (Zoöl.) One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectorial fins.
Thoracica
‖Tho‐rac″i‐ca (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A division of cirripeds including those which have six thoracic segments, usually bearing six pairs of cirri. The common barnacles are examples.
Thoracometer
Tho′ra‐com″e‐ter (?), n.(Physiol.) Same as Stethometer.
Thoracoplasty
Tho′ra‐co‐plas″ty (?), n. [Thorax + plasty.] (Med.) A remodeling or reshaping of the thorax; especially, the operation of removing the ribs, so as to obliterate the pleural cavi...
Thoracostraca
‖Tho′ra‐cos″tra‐ca (?), n. pl. [NL. See Thorax, and Ostracoid, a.] (Zoöl.) An extensive division of Crustacea, having a dorsal shield or carapec� ��niting all, or nearly all, of...
Thoracotomy
Tho′ra‐cot″o‐my (?), n.(Surg.) The operation of opening the pleural cavity by incision.
Thoral
Tho″ral (?), a. [L. torus a couch, bed.] Of or pertaining to a bed.
Thorax
Tho″rax (?), n. 1. (Anat.) The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebr...
Thoria
Tho″ri‐a (?), n. [NL. See Thorite.] (Chem.) A rare white earthy substance, consisting of the oxide of thorium; — formerly called also thorina.
Thoric
Thor″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Of or pertaining to thorium; designating the compounds of thorium.
Thorite
Tho″rite (?), n. [So called by Berzelius from the Scandinavian god Thor. See Thor.] (Min.) A mineral of a brown to black color, or, as in the variety orangite, orange-yellow. It...
Thorium
Tho″ri‐um (?), n. [NL. See Thorite.] (Chem.) A metallic element found in certain rare minerals, as thorite, pyrochlore, monazite, etc., and isolated as an infusible gray metalli...
Thorn
Thorn (?), n. [AS. þorn; akin to OS. & OFries. thorn, D. doorn, G. dorn, Dan. torn, Sw. törne, Icel. þorn, Goth. þaúrnus; cf. Pol. tarn, Russ. tern' the blackthorn, ternie thorn...
Thorn (2)
Thorn, v. t. To prick, as with a thorn.I am the only rose of all the stockThat never thorn'd him. Tennyson.
Thorn-headed
Thorn″–head′ed (?), a. Having a head armed with thorns or spines.Thorn-headed worm(Zoöl.), any worm of the order Acanthocephala; — called also thornhead.
Thornback
Thorn″back′ (?), n. 1. (Zoöl.) A European skate (Raia clavata) having thornlike spines on its back.2. (Zoöl.) The large European spider crab or king crab (Maia squinado).
Thornbill
Thorn″bill′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small, brilliantly colored American birds of the genus Rhamphomicron. They have a long, slender, sharp bill, and feed up...
Thornbird
Thorn″bird′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A small South American bird (Anumbius anumbii) allied to the ovenbirds of the genus Furnarius). It builds a very large and complex nest of twigs and t...
Thornbut
Thorn″but (?), n. [Thorn + -but as in halibut; cf. G. dornbutt.] (Zoöl.) The turbot.
Thornless
Thorn″less, a. Destitute of, or free from, thorns.
Thornset
Thorn″set′ (?), a. Set with thorns. Dyer.
Thorntail
Thorn″tail′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A beautiful South American humming bird (Gouldia Popelairii), having the six outer tail feathers long, slender, and pointed. The head is ornamented wi...
Thorny
Thorn″y (?), a. [Compar.Thornier (?); superl.Thorniest.] [Cf. AS. þorniht.] 1. Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny cro...
Thoro
Thor″o (?), a. Thorough.
Thorough
Thor″ough (?), prep. [See Through.] Through. Spenser. Shak.