Definition of Thorax

the chest, or part of the anatomy that is located between the neck and the abdomen

Examples of Thorax in a sentence

Lying between the neck and abdomen, the man’s thorax was the main place cancer had evaded.  🔊

Beating on his thorax, Tarzan hoped to get attention from the monkeys by mimicking their chest movements.  🔊

An X-ray of the patient’s thorax revealed that she had a lung infection.  🔊

While having a heart attack, the man held onto his hurting thorax and insisted that something was wrong with his chest.  🔊

The thorax holds important parts of the body including the lungs and the heart.  🔊

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