thoracic cavity

English

Noun

thoracic cavity (plural thoracic cavities)

1. (medicine) A chamber located within the upper human torso (and other animal bodies) which contains the heart and lungs.

Synonyms

• chest cavity

Translations

chamber of the human body

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: caixa toràcica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胸腔 (zh) (xiōngqiāng)

• Finnish: rintaontelo (fi)
• French: cage thoracique (fr) f
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• German: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: mellüreg (hu)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: cavidad torácica f
• Thai: ช่องอก (chɔ̂ng-òk)