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thorax

EnglishEdit

Diagram showing the thorax of an insect.

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek θώραξ (thṓraks, “a breastplate, cuirass, corslet”)

NounEdit

thorax (plural thoraces or thoraxes)

  1. the middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body
  2. the region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

middle of three distinct divisions in an insect, crustacean or arachnid body
region of the mammalian body

FinnishEdit

NounEdit

thorax

  1. thorax

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of thorax (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative thorax thoraxit
accusative nom.? thorax thoraxit
gen. thoraxin
genitive thoraxin thoraxien
partitive thoraxia thoraxeja
inessive thoraxissa thoraxeissa
elative thoraxista thoraxeista
illative thoraxiin thoraxeihin
adessive thoraxilla thoraxeilla
ablative thoraxilta thoraxeilta
allative thoraxilleˣ thoraxeilleˣ
essive thoraxina thoraxeina
translative thoraxiksi thoraxeiksi
instructive — thoraxein
abessive thoraxitta thoraxeitta
comitative — thoraxeineen

SynonymsEdit

LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

thōrax m (genitive thōrācis); third declension

  1. chest, thorax
  2. breastplate, cuirass
  3. doublet, stomacher
  4. bust (statue)

InflectionEdit

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
nominative thōrax thōrācēs
genitive thōrācis thōrācum
dative thōrācī thōrācibus
accusative thōrācem thōrācēs
ablative thōrāce thōrācibus
vocative thōrax thōrācēs

PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

thorax m (plural thoraxes)

  1. obsolete spelling of tórax (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).
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