"truncus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: trunci [plural]
Etymology: From Latin truncus. Doublet of tronk and trunk. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*twerḱ-}}, {{uder|en|la|truncus}} Latin truncus, {{doublet|en|tronk|trunk}} Doublet of tronk and trunk Head templates: {{en-noun|trunci}} truncus (plural trunci)
  1. (biology) The thorax of an insect. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-truncus-en-noun-EZ4OWiq1 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  2. (medicine) The trunk (torso) of the human body or other animal body. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-truncus-en-noun-Zi8cahmw Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (medicine) An arterial trunk, such as the truncus arteriosus. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-truncus-en-noun-EnXzGkYq Topics: medicine, sciences
  4. (geometry) A curve in the Cartesian plane consisting of all points (x,y) satisfying an equation of the form f(x)=a/(x+b)²+c where a, b, and c are given constants. Categories (topical): Curves, Geometry
    Sense id: en-truncus-en-noun-Ud7Om~s8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 21 8 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 28 10 49 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 14 30 12 43 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: conotruncus Related terms: persistent truncus arteriosus

Inflected forms

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