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Definitions: Thorax |
ThoraxNoun1. The middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen. 2. The part of the human body between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates. 3. Part of an insect's body that bears the wings and legs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "thorax" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1777. (references) |
Etymology: Thorax \Tho"rax\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek]. (Websters 1913) |
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Medicine | A part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen; the chest. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In humans, the thorax is the region of the body that extends from the neck to the diaphragm, not including the upper limbs. The heart and the lungs reside in the thoracic cavity, as well as many blood vessels. This area is protected by the rib cage and the sternum.
An insect's thorax is one of the three main segments of the creature's body. It is the area to which the wings attach.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Thorax."
Synonyms: ThoraxSynonyms: chest (n), pectus (n). (additional references) |
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 | Common characteristics of Anopheles crucians are long, black proboscis, the palpus is a little shorter than probiscis, and a pair of dark gray submedian longitudinal stripes on the thorax. This mosquito may be a vector for malaria.Credit: CDC. |  | From this lateral view illustration of the genus Culiseta mosquito we see its thorax and wing, noting the branching pattern of the cross veins branching from 4th wing vein.Credit: CDC. |
 | The head is attached to the thorax by a very narrow neck. The thorax appears unsegmented, but like the head, it is actually composed of several fused segments.Credit: CDC. | ||
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Human Rights | Brazil | De Souza suffered brain hemorrhages and had bruising to the eyes, the thorax, and the kidneys. (references) |
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| "Thorax" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Thorax" is used about 64 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 64 | 42,009 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Ending with "thorax": lungs-thorax. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
thorax | 90 |
journal thorax | 6 |
anatomy thorax | 5 |
pneumo thorax | 3 |
ct thorax | 3 |
elastic lung recoil thorax | 3 |
cancer thorax | 2 |
human thorax | 2 |
sinus thorax | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "thorax"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kraharor (bosom, breast, chest, heart), gjoks (bosom, breast, chest, heart). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قفص صدري (chest, thoracic cavity), صدر (breast, chest, forehead). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | гръден кош (breast, chest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 胸 (bosom, chest, heart, mind), 匈 (a fold, chest, circle, enclose, Hungary, loop, pen, ring, to confine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | torax, krunýř (Armor, armour, carapace, shell), hrudník (chest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | thorax (pectus), pectus (pectus), brystkasse (breast), bryst (bosom, breast, chest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | thorax, pectus (breast, pectus), borstkas (chest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rintakehä (chest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | thorax (thoracic cavity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Brustkorb (chest), thorax. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | θώρακας (chest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חזה (bosom, breast, chest), בית החזה (chest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tor, mellkas (bosom, breast, bust, chest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | dada (bossom, breast, chest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | torace (breast, chest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 胸郭 (chest), 胸腔 (thoracic cavity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きょうくう (thoracic cavity), きょうかく (chest, chivalrous person, intimidation, self-styled humanitarian, threat), きょうこう (consternation, crime, enforcement, famine, firm, forcing, height of a mirror stand, murder, panic, poor crops, Pope, scare, strong, stubborn, thoracic cavity, unbending, unyielding, vigorous, violence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | thoracks. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oraxthay tórax (ash bin, bosom, breast, chest). (various references) torace, cuirasã (armature, Armor, armour). (various references) грудная клетка (chest, thoraces). (various references) grudni koš (chine). (various references) tórax (chest). (various references) bröstkorg (chest). (various references) ทรวงอก. (various references) göğüs kafesi (chest, rib cage), göğüs (booby, bosom, breast, bust, chest, mammillary, mammo-, pectoral). (various references) кіраса (cuirass), грудна клітка (breastbone, chest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "thorax": thoraxes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "thorax": cephalothorax, hydrothorax, mesothorax, metathorax, pneumothorax, prothorax. (additional references) | |
Words containing "thorax": cephalothoraxes, hydrothoraxes, mesothoraxes, metathoraxes, pneumothoraxes, prothoraxes. (additional references) | |
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"Thorax" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Pharax, Tahoeraa, therax, Thiroux, thoar, thor, thora, thorac, thorex, thorey, thrax, thyrax, Tioram, Tohara, Tohra, Toorak, toraf, torag, torex, torx. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "thorax" (pronounced thô"raks) |
| 6 | th ô" r a k s | prothorax. |
| 4 | -r a k s | anthrax. |
| 3 | -a k s | cossacks, kayaks. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-o-r-t-x" | |
-1 letter: torah. | |
-2 letters: hart, hoar, hoax, hora, oath, rath, rato, rota, tahr, taro, thro, tora. | |
-3 letters: art, hao, hat, hot, oar, oat, ora, ort, rah, rat, rax, rho, rot, tao, tar, tax, tho, tor. | |
-4 letters: ah, ar, at, ax, ha, ho, oh, or, ox, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-o-r-t-x" | |
+1 letter: oxheart. | |
+2 letters: oxhearts, thoraxes. | |
+3 letters: auxotroph, prothorax. | |
+4 letters: auxotrophs, auxotrophy, chatterbox, exothermal, mesothorax, metathorax. | |
+5 letters: auxotrophic, exhortation, exhortative, exhortatory, heteroauxin, hydrothorax, hydroxylate, prothoraxes, thermotaxes, thermotaxis, thromboxane. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 68 6F 72 61 78 |
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