Definition of truncal in English:
truncal
adjective ˈtrʌŋk(ə)lˈtrəNGkəl
Medicine Of or affecting the trunk of the body, or of a nerve.
Example sentencesExamples
- Cranial, truncal, and peripheral nerves are involved.
- Pityriasis rosea may lead to a truncal macular rash, sometimes with pruritus.
- The patient underwent an exploratory laparotomy, resection of the gastric mass, pyloroplasty, truncal vagotomy, and cyst duodenostomy.
- Necrotising fasciitis can affect any part of the body but the extremities, the perineum, and the truncal areas are the most commonly involved.
- The louse bites at night and leaves pruritic vesicles or papules (especially in the axillae, groin, and truncal areas).