thoracic duct

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   the major duct of the lymphatic system

   Broaderlymph vessel

   Part oflymphatic system

Questions about thoracic duct

What does thoracic duct mean?

thoracic duct means "the major duct of the lymphatic system".

Is thoracic duct a common word?

thoracic duct is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.