Vocabulary : Thor to Thorax

Thor : The god of thunder, and son of Odin.
Thoracentesis : The operation of puncturing the chest wall so as to let out liquids contained in the cavity of the chest.
Thoracic : Of or pertaining to the thorax, or chest. ;; One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectorial fins.
Thoracica : A division of cirripeds including those which have six thoracic segments, usually bearing six pairs of cirri. The common barnacles are examples.
Thoracometer : Same as Stethometer.

Thoracoplasty : A remodeling or reshaping of the thorax; especially, the operation of removing the ribs, so as to obliterate the pleural cavity in cases of empyema.
Thoracostraca : An extensive division of Crustacea, having a dorsal shield or carapec/ //niting all, or nearly all, of the thoracic somites to the head. It includes the crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and similar species.
Thoracotomy : The operation of opening the pleural cavity by incision.
Thoral : Of or pertaining to a bed.
Thorax : 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. ;; 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. ;; 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. ;; A breastplate, cuirass, or corselet; especially, the breastplate worn by the ancient Greeks.

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