~ THORACAL       or
~ THORACALGIA    id+ | CHEST PAIN |
~ THORACENTESIS  id+ | MEDICAL CHEST PUNCTURE |
~ THORACES       pl for THORAX
~ THORACIC       or pertaining to the
~ THORACO~       combining form
~ THORACODYNIA   or THORACALGIA
~ THORACOTOMY    id+ | MEDICAL CUT of the THORACOS |
~ THORACOSTOMY   id+ | MEDICAL CHEST STOMA or "MOUTH" |
~ THORAX         id+ | like a HARD BASKET or CHEST |
^u               id+ | VAULT or SHIELD like |
  note etym> points BREAST STIFF STERNUM
  skr   DHARAYATI   WHAT HOLDS
  ukr   DAR         GIFT
  sp    TORSO       BUST or
  med>  THORAX      CHEST  BREAST  from
  lat   THORAX      SHIELD LIKE CHEST
                    also CORSLET or CORSET
  gr    THYRSOS     RIGID STEM OF A PLANT
   r    THORAKO     THORAX
  hx>   THOLUS      VAULTED CEILING
                    also ANCIENT BURIAL VAULT  see> THOLUS
  eng   THORACIC    or THORAX
        THORACO~    as in THORACOABDOMINAL
        THORACICO~  or in sp TORAXICO
  myth> THYRSOS     BACCHANTS and OTHER CELEBRANTS
                    CARRIED A THYRSO or
                    BUNDLES OF STIFF PLANT STEMS
  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> ESCUTCHEON
  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