truncus
/T R AH1 NG K AH0 S/noun
- 1
(medicine) The trunk (torso) of the human body or other animal body.
- 2
(medicine) An arterial trunk, such as the truncus arteriosus.
- 3
(biology) The thorax of an insect.
- 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.
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