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hemithorax

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hem·i·tho·rax (hm-thôrks)
n.
One side of the chest.

hemithorax
[-thôr′aks]
one side of the chest.

hemithorax [hem″e-thor´aks]
one side of the chest; the cavity lateral to the mediastinum.

hemithorax
one side of the chest; the cavity lateral to the mediastinum.


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