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Of or relating to the human body apart from head and appendages.

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Usage examples (10)
  • If Hitch would just lose some of that truncal obesity, he would breath easier.
  • Does the placement of adiposity truncal versus overall affect fat storage and release?
  • The third body region or trunk may attain a great length, one or two feet, or even more, and is also muscular, but the truncal muscles are of subordinate importance in...
  • The disease is dependent upon impairment or degeneration of the central, truncal or peripheral nerves.
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