English Explanatory Dictionary

thorax

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
  2. The middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body to which the legs are attached.

Pronunciation

thôr'aks /ˈθɔɹæks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thorax.wav

Word forms

thorax thoraces thoraxes

Etymology

From Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).

Related words

head abdomen

Derived words

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
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