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Same as Stethometer.
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One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures.
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A breastplate, cuirass, or corselet; especially, the breastplate worn by the ancient Greeks.
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Half hidden or half covered; said of the head of an insect when half covered by the shield of the thorax.
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The terminal joint or movable piece at the end of the abdomen of Crustacea and other articulates. See Thoracostraca.
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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.
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Of or pertaining to a bed.
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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.
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A division of cirripeds including those which have six thoracic segments, usually bearing six pairs of cirri. The common barnacles are examples.
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One of a group of fishes having the ventral fins placed beneath the thorax or beneath the pectorial fins.
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The operation of opening the pleural cavity by incision.
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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.
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That part of the human body which is immediately below the ribs or thorax; the small part of the body between the thorax and hips.
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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.
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A division of shrimplike Thoracostraca in which each of the thoracic legs has a long fringed upper branch (exopodite) for swimming.
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The thorax of an insect. See Trunk, n., 5.
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The operation of puncturing the chest wall so as to let out liquids contained in the cavity of the chest.
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That segment of the body of an insect which is between the head and abdomen, and bears the wings and legs; the thorax; the truncus.
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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.
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Of or pertaining to the thorax, or chest.
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