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Thorax

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means the part of the body between the neck and abdomen, containing the heart and lungs

thorax→thorax

Greek · ancient

"a breastplate, the chest"

originally a breastplate, later the chest itself

English · 1500s

"the chest cavity"

settled as the medical word for the chest cavity

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