Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the truncus or trunk of the body.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the trunk, or body.
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- adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the
trunk (of the body)
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Examples
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If Hitch would just lose some of that truncal obesity, he would breath easier.
"The Waterboard Thrill Ride" art installation. Ann Althouse 2008
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Does the placement of adiposity truncal versus overall affect fat storage and release?
Ask Gary Taubes a question | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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Nineteenth- and early twentieth-century writers 116, 418, 554 richly described patients with such hyperkinetic phenomena as rocking; twisting truncal movements; ballistic arm movements; athetoid finger and hand movements; forehead wrinkling; grimacing and pouting movements; stereotyped biting and chewing; flicking and licking of the tongue; and rubbing, picking, kneading, tapping, grasping, and pulling behaviors.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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(_Eicheldarm_, stomochord, _vide infra_); (2) collar-gut (buccal cavity, throat); (3) truncal gut extending from the collar to the vent.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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The third body region or trunk may attain a great length, one or two feet, or even more, and is also muscular, but the truncal muscles are of subordinate importance in locomotion, serving principally to promote the peristaltic contractions of the body by which the food is carried through the gut.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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There are reasons for supposing that the truncal coelom was at one time provided with pore-canals, but supposed vestiges of these structures have only been described for one genus, _Spengelia_, in which they lie near the anterior end of the truncal coelom.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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The disease is dependent upon impairment or degeneration of the central, truncal or peripheral nerves.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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Yamada S et al. (2003) Ipsilateral truncal sensory deficit in a patient with ophthalmic zoster sine herpete.
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"This association may result from the mechanical effects of truncal obesity and / or the metabolic effects of adipose tissue," wrote Dr. Leone.
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"This association may result from the mechanical effects of truncal obesity and / or the metabolic effects of adipose tissue," wrote Dr. Leone.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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