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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 876 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THORAX (Gr. BWpaE, breastplate, also the See also:part of the See also:body covered by it) , the anatomical See also:term for the See also:chest, that part of the body which contains the See also:heart and lungs (see See also:ANATOMY: Superficial and See also:Artistic; and See also:SKELETON: Axial).

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