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10 Language-to-English Dictionariestórax
Pronunciation / Transliteration: torax
"El examen médico incluyó una radiografía de tórax."
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The part of the body of a mammal between the neck and the abdomen; in insects and other arthropods, the middle section of the body.
"The doctor listened to the patient's thorax with a stethoscope."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek thōrax 'breastplate, cuirass, chest'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Thorax" is said worldwide
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thorax
Transliteration: thorax
"Il a reçu un coup violent dans le thorax."
Thorax
Transliteration: Thorax
"Der Thorax schützt die lebenswichtigen Organe."
torace
Transliteration: torace
"Ha avvertito un dolore acuto al torace."
tórax
Transliteration: torax
"El examen médico incluyó una radiografía de tórax."
tórax
Transliteration: torax
"O inseto tem a cabeça, o tórax e o abdómen."
छाती
Transliteration: chhati
"चोट उसके thorax पर लगी थी।"
胸部
Transliteration: xiōngbù
"昆虫的身体分为头部、胸部和腹部。"
가슴
Transliteration: gaseum
"환자는 흉부 통증을 호소했다."
胸部
Transliteration: kyoubu
"昆虫の体は頭部、胸部、腹部に分かれている。"
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