thorax
noun/ˈθɔɹæks/
Etymology From Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).
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Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
- Holonyms: torso, trunk < body
- Meronym: chest
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Arachnology, Biology, Entomology, Natural sciences, Zoology The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body to which the legs are attached.
- Holonym: body
- Meronyms: prothorax, mesothorax, metathorax
- Derived terms
29 terms
aerothorax, bithorax, cephalothorax, cholothorax, chylothorax, endothorax, enterothorax, entothorax, extrathoracic, fibrothorax, haemothorax, hematothorax, hemithorax, hemothorax, hydrothorax, mesothorax, metathorax, midthorax, opisthothorax, pneumatothorax, pneumothorax, prothorax, pyothorax, synthorax, thoracal, thoracic, thoracic vertebra, thoracoplasty, trithorax