thorax

English

Diagram showing the thorax of an insect.

Etymology

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

Noun

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 terms

• thoracic
• thoracal
• thoracic vertebra
• thoracoplasty

Translations

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

• French: thorax (fr) m
• German: Thorax (de) m
• Hungarian: tor (hu)

• Icelandic: frambolur (is) m
• Malay: toraks (ms)
• Russian: торакс (ru) (tóraks) m 
• Slovene: toraks (sl) m, oprsje (sl) n

region of the mammalian body

• Armenian: կրծքավանդակ (hy) (krçk’avandak) 
• Catalan: tòrax (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胸部 (cmn) (xiōngbù)

• Czech: hruď (cs) f, hrudník (cs) m
• Esperanto: torako (eo)
• Finnish: rintakehä (fi)
• French: thorax (fr) m
• German: Thorax (de) m
• Greek: θώρακας (el) m (thórakas)
• Hungarian: mellkas (hu)
• Icelandic: brjóst (is) n, brjóstkassi (is) m, brjósthol (is) n

• Ido: torako (io)
• Irish: tóracs (ga) m
• Japanese: 胸郭 (ja) (きょうかく, kyōkaku)
• Macedonian: гради (mk) (grádi) f pl
• Malay: toraks (ms)
• Maori: tārāuma (mi), hōpara (mi)
• Portuguese: tórax (pt) m
• Russian: грудная клетка (ru) (grudnája klétka) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: broilleach (gd) m, cliabh (gd) m
• Slovene: toraks (sl) m, prsni koš (sl) m
• Spanish: tórax (es) m
• Swedish: thorax (sv), bröstkorg (sv)
• Volapük: blötakev (vo)

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Latin

Noun

thōrax (genitive thōrācis); m, third declension

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

Inflection

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