thorax

== English == === Etymology === From Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”). === Pronunciation === enPR: thôr'aks, IPA(key): /ˈθɔɹæks/ === Noun === thorax (plural thoraces or thoraxes) (anatomy) The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs. Hyponym: chest (synonymous in humans and some other animals) Holonyms: torso, trunk < body Meronym: chest (entomology and arachnology) 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 Comeronyms: head, abdomen ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin thorax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtho(ː)rɑks/, [ˈt̪ho̞(ː)rɑ̝ks̠] Rhymes: -orɑks === Noun === thorax thorax ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (part of insect's body): keskiruumis ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “thorax”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 == French == === Etymology === From Latin thōrax, from Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓrax, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔ.ʁaks/ === Noun === thorax m (invariable) thorax === Further reading === “thorax”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek θώρᾱξ (thṓrāx, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtʰoː.raːks], [ˈtʰoː.raks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɔː.raks] === Noun === thōrā̆x m (genitive thōrācis); third declension (anatomy) chest, thorax breastplate, cuirass doublet, stomacher bust (statue) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (breastplate): lōrīca ==== Descendants ==== === References === “thorax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “thorax”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “thorax”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “thorax”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[2] “thorax”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “thorax”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray == Portuguese == === Noun === thorax m (plural thoraxes) pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of tórax == Swedish == === Noun === thorax c (anatomy) thorax ==== See also ==== bröstkorg === References === “thorax”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “thorax”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “thorax”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Svensk MeSH