tho|rax

tho|rax
tho|rax «THR aks, THOHR-», noun, plural tho|rax|es, tho|ra|ces «THR uh seez, THOHR-».
1. the part o the body between the neck and the abdomen. A man's chest is his thorax. The thorax contains the chief organs of circulation and respiration.
2. the second of the three main divisions of an insect's body, between the head and the abdomen.
[< Latin thōrāx, -ācis < Greek thāx, -ākos chest]

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