Definition of "truncal" [trun•cal]

• Of or pertaining to the trunk (of the body) (adjective)

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• "Does the placement of adiposity truncal versus overall affect fat storage and release?"
• "If Hitch would just lose some of that truncal obesity, he would breath easier."
• "Nineteenth- and early twentieth-century writers 116, 418, 554 richly described patients with such hyperkinetic phenomena as rocking; twisting truncal movements; ballistic arm movements; athetoid finger and hand movements; forehead wrinkling; grimacing and pouting movements; stereotyped biting and chewing; flicking and licking of the tongue; and rubbing, picking, kneading, tapping, grasping, and pulling behaviors."