What's the difference between praecordia and thoracic?

Praecordia


Definition:

  • (n.) The front part of the thoracic region; the epigastrium.

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Thoracic


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to the thorax, or chest.
  • (n.) One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectorial fins.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Recently, the validity of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) standards for selection of spirometric test results has been questioned based on the finding of inverse dependence of FEV1 on effort.
  • (2) Many thoracic motoneurons were able to survive up to posthatching stages following transplantation.
  • (3) A rare case of an extradural brucellosis granuloma in the thoracic region is presented.
  • (4) The highest antishock effect of dopamine is reached when cardiac output fraction addressed to thoracic region vitals is supported by dopamine on the 43-45% level.
  • (5) The electrical stimulation of the tail associated to a restraint condition of the rat produces a significant increase of immunoreactive DYN in cervical, thoracic and lumbar segments of spinal cord, therefore indicating a correlative, if not causal, relationship between the spinal dynorphinergic system and aversive stimuli.
  • (6) It was considered worthwhile to report this case due to the problems which arose concerning the choice of a thoracic rather than abdominal route owing to the impossibility of associating cardiomyotomy with anti-reflux plastica surgery because of the reduced dimensions of the stomach.
  • (7) A case of incomplete peno-scrotal transposition, with a perineal anorectal duplication, vesico-ureteric reflux and thoracic hemivertebrae is presented.
  • (8) Extrapolating animal data to the neonates, we found the thoracic segment length recommended (the average of 29% of body length and electrode distance) to be accurate.
  • (9) Trimazosin at the dose used and under the conditions of study did not reverse the peripheral pressor effect of angiotensin II or B-HT920 but at higher concentrations, unlike prazosin, it relaxed the K+ contracted thoracic aorta.
  • (10) We document four patients, including two sibs, with asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy and mild congenital hydrocephalus.
  • (11) In a retrospective study 94 consecutive patients with verified empyema caused by pneumonia were admitted to the department of either pulmonary medicine or thoracic surgery.
  • (12) In 27 decerebrate cats under various experimental conditions, we studied the effects of programmed premature ventricular contractions on the impulse activity of preganglionic sympathetic fibres isolated from the third left thoracic ramus.
  • (13) However, the pattern in the central nervous system (CNS) and mesoderm is further restricted; the major expression located in the labial neuromere of the CNS and the mesoderm of the first thoracic segment.
  • (14) Patients with thoracic or thoracoabdominal aneurysms were more likely to have neurologic complications than those with abdominal aneurysms.
  • (15) Systematic treatment of aberrant subclavian arteries should perhaps be considered when it can be performed during thoracic surgery.
  • (16) The other 3 dogs died or were euthanatized, and the effect of stopping thoracic drainage could not be evaluated.
  • (17) At thoracic levels occasional neurons of the intermediolateral column cell group were NGF receptor positive.
  • (18) A new centrifugal pump (Sarns), originally designed for ventricular assist, was successfully used in two patients during repair of traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta.
  • (19) All the vertebrae were agenetic below the thoracic segments in the other rat fetus.
  • (20) We tried to determine alpha 1-adrenoceptor subtypes involved in noradrenaline-induced contractions of rat thoracic aorta and dog carotid artery.

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