~ THORACIC  or pertaining to the
~ THORAX    id+ | like a HARD BASKET |
^u        id+ | VAULT or SHIELD like |
  note etymology points to
  see> CHEST   see> BREAST  sug> HARD
  sug> VAULT   sug> COFFIN  sug> RESPITE
  skr  DHARAYATI = WHAT HOLDS
  ukr  DAR         GIFT
  gr   THORAKO     for THORAX
  hx>  THOLUS      VAULTED CEILING
                   also ANCIENT BURIAL VAULT
                   cont> see> THOLUS
  lat  THORAX      SHIELD LIKE CHEST
                   also CORSLET
  note             related terms
  eng  THORACIC    to refer to the THORAX
       THORACO~    as in THORACOABDOMINAL
       THORACICO~  or in sp TORAXICO
  hx> note THORAX or
           CUIRASS   sp CUERO = LEATHER
  TWO PIECES MADE FROM LEATHER TO
  PROTECT THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE
  CHEST or THORAX and EXTENDING DOWNWARD
  AS STRIPS OF LEATHER suggestive of
  "FEATHER" LIKE or PTERYGES as
  PROTECTION OF THE LOWER ABDOMEN AND THIGHS
  med> THORAX or see> SCUTCHEON
  biol> THE THORAX IS A BODY CAVITY BETWEEN
        THE CEPHALON or HEAD and the
  ABDOMINAL CAVITY
  THE THORAX IS OFTEN COVERED BY SCALES or
  ENCLOSED BY RIBS ANCHORED IN A
  BREAST PLATE  BREASTPLATE or STERNUM
  note start with see> for RESPIRE also
  see> BREATH     sug> BREAST

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