"truncus" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-truncus.wav 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.
    Sense id: en-truncus-en-noun-EZ4OWiq1 Categories (other): Biology Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  2. (medicine) The trunk (torso) of the human body or other animal body.
    Sense id: en-truncus-en-noun-Zi8cahmw Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (medicine) An arterial trunk, such as the truncus arteriosus.
    Sense id: en-truncus-en-noun-EnXzGkYq Categories (other): Medicine 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.
    Sense id: en-truncus-en-noun-Ud7Om~s8 Categories (other): Curves, Geometry, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 5 6 68 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 19 11 13 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 2 3 25 16 2 1 10 24 6 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 2 2 29 23 2 1 7 18 7 2 2 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: conotruncus Related terms: persistent truncus arteriosus

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