thorax
/ˈθɔɹæks/
thorax noun: the region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
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Noun
thorax (plural thoraces or thoraxes)
- 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
- 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
thorax meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
thorax in Tamil
- நெஞ்சுக்கூடு, மார்பு, நெஞ்சரை, மார்பகம், மார்புக்கூடு, நெஞ்சறை
thorax in Urdu
- پنجر
thorax in Malayalam
- region of the mammalian body
- നെഞ്ച് neñcŭ
thorax in Kannada
- thorax
- ಬಗ್ಗರಿ baggari
More languagesFewer languages
- thorax in Sanskrit
- वक्षस् vakṣas
- thorax in Tagalog
- dibdib
- thorax in Malay
- toraks
- thorax in Thai
- อก òk
- thorax in Vietnamese
- ngực, vòng một
Examples of thorax in a sentence
- Unlike spiders, daddy longlegs do not have a clearly marked division between thorax and abdomen.
- The female characters may be assumed on the head (gynaecocephalous), afterwards on the thorax (hemigynous), and finally on the elytra.
- The cupola of the lung is mostly medial and posterior to the vein as it begins to course deeper into the thorax (Fig. 5.7).
Forms of thorax
| plural | thoraces |
|---|---|
| plural | thoraxes |
Origin of thorax
From Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”).
Words formed from thorax
- 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
Questions about thorax
- What does thorax mean?
- Thorax means the region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
- What is thorax in Tamil?
- Thorax in Tamil is நெஞ்சுக்கூடு, மார்பு, நெஞ்சரை. See Thorax meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is thorax?
- Thorax is a noun.
- How do you pronounce thorax?
- Thorax is pronounced /ˈθɔɹæks/.
- What is the plural of thorax?
- The plural of thorax is thoraces.
Words near thorax in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: thorax (page history and authors); thorax (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thorax (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಬಗ್ಗರಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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