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thorax
thorax is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebrae, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 15 · 7 senses
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- 1noun
The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebrae, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest.
- 2noun
The middle region of the body of an insect, or that region which bears the legs and wings. It is composed of three united somites, each of which is composed of several distinct parts. See Illust. in Appendix. and Illust. of Coleoptera.
- 3noun
The second, or middle, region of the body of a crustacean, arachnid, or other articulate animal. In the case of decapod Crustacea, some writers include under the term thorax only the three segments bearing the maxillipeds; others include also the five segments bearing the legs. See Illust. in Appendix.
- 4noun
A breastplate, cuirass, or corselet; especially, the breastplate worn by the ancient Greeks.
- 5noun
part of an insect's body that bears the wings and legs
- 6noun
the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
- 7noun
the middle region of the body of an arthropod between the head and the abdomen
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