prethoracic
Anatomy and Zoology
adjective
Situated anterior to the thorax.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in George Rolleston (1829–1881), physician and physiologist.
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- drop a (or the) dime on
- drop a (or the) dime on someone
- drop asleep
- drop a stitch
- drop back/behind
- drop box
- drop by/in
- drop capital
- drop cloth
- drop curtain
- drop dead
- drop-down
- drop earring
- drop-forged
- drop-forging
- drop goal
- drop hammer
- drop handlebars
- drophead
- drop-in
- drop-in centre
- drop initial
- drop into
- drop kick