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| tho·rax [ tháw ràks ] (plural tho·rax·es or tho·ra·ces [ thə ráy sz, tháwrə sz ]) |
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1. upper part of torso: the part of the human body between the neck and abdomen, enclosed by the ribs and containing the heart and lungs
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2. upper part of animal's body: the area corresponding to the human thorax in other vertebrates
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3. part between head and abdomen: the middle division of the body of an insect, crustacean, or arachnid
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| [14th century. Via Latin< Greek thōrax "chest, breastplate"] |
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