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hemithoraxes

hemithoraxes is the plural of hemithorax.

Meaning of hemithorax

Noun

hemithorax (plural hemithoraxes or hemithoraces)

  1. One half of the thorax or chest
    • His medical history included a controllable arterial hypertension and a localized pleural thickening at the right hemithorax as an inactive residuum resulting from a lower respiratory tract infection that occurred 7 years ago.2015 June 4, Stamatis Katsenos et al., “Primary Bronchopulmonary Actinomycosis Masquerading as Lung Cancer: Apropos of Two Cases and Literature Review”, in Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, volume...

Questions about hemithoraxes

What is hemithoraxes the plural of?
Hemithoraxes is the plural of hemithorax.

Words near hemithoraxes in the dictionary

  1. hemithioacetal
  2. hemithioacetals
  3. hemithoraces
  4. hemithoracic
  5. hemithorax
  6. hemithoraxes
  7. hemithyroidectomies
  8. hemithyroidectomy
  9. hemitomias
  10. hemitone
  11. hemitones

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