thorax
/ˈθɔræks/
noun
- The part of the body between the neck and the abdomen, containing the heart and lungs; the chest.
- The doctor listened to the patient's thorax with a stethoscope.
- In insects, the thorax is the middle section where the legs and wings attach.
- He felt a sharp pain in his thorax after coughing hard.
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