Phrase guide

thoracic cavity

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A chamber located within the upper human torso (and other animal bodies) which contains the heart and lungs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chest cavity

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cavity, bodily cavity, cavum

History

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَفَص صَدْرِيّ (qafaṣ ṣadriyy) — chamber of the human body
  • Bulgarian: гръдна кухина (grǎdna kuhina) — chamber of the human body
  • Catalan: caixa toràcica — chamber of the human body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 胸腔 (xiōngqiāng) — chamber of the human body
  • Finnish: rintaontelo — chamber of the human body
  • French: cage thoracique — chamber of the human body
  • Galician: cavidade torácica — chamber of the human body
  • Galician: arca — chamber of the human body
  • German: Brusthöhle — chamber of the human body
  • Greek: θωρακική κοιλότητα (thorakikí koilótita) — chamber of the human body
  • Hungarian: mellüreg — chamber of the human body
  • Indonesian: rongga dada — chamber of the human body
  • Indonesian: ruang dada — chamber of the human body
  • Ingrian: rintapoolosti — chamber of the human body
  • Ingrian: syänkammari — chamber of the human body
  • Northern Kurdish: singekelên — chamber of the human body
  • Russian: грудна́я по́лость (grudnája pólostʹ) — chamber of the human body
  • Spanish: cavidad torácica — chamber of the human body
  • Swedish: brösthåla — chamber of the human body
  • Thai: ช่องอก (chɔ̂ng-òk) — chamber of the human body
  • Ukrainian: грудна́ порожни́на (hrudná porožnýna) — chamber of the human body