truncus (English, noun)
expansion: truncus (plural trunci)
Senses:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The thorax of an insect.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The trunk (torso) of the human body or other animal body.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An arterial trunk, such as the truncus arteriosus.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: trunci
tags: plural