Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun thoracic_cavity

1 sense of thoracic cavity

Sense 1
chest cavity, thoracic cavity -- (the cavity in the vertebrate body enclosed by the ribs between the diaphragm and the neck and containing the lungs and heart)
       => cavity, bodily cavity, cavum -- ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)