TORSO (torsi)

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Irregular inflected form: torsi   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does torso mean? 

• TORSO (noun)
  The noun TORSO has 1 sense:

1. the body excluding the head and neck and limbs

  Familiarity information: TORSO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TORSO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The body excluding the head and neck and limbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

body; torso; trunk

Context example:

they moved their arms and legs and bodies

Hypernyms ("torso" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Meronyms (parts of "torso"):

loins (the region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen)

buttock; cheek (either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump)

arse; ass; backside; behind; bottom; bum; buns; butt; buttocks; can; derriere; fanny; fundament; hind end; hindquarters; keister; nates; posterior; prat; rear; rear end; rump; seat; stern; tail; tail end; tooshie; tush (the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on)

back; dorsum (the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine)

abdomen; belly; stomach; venter (the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis)

haunch (the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings)

hip (either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh)

love handle; spare tire (excess fat around the waistline)

belly; paunch (a protruding abdomen)

waist; waistline (the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips)

middle; midriff; midsection (the middle area of the human torso (usually in front))

chest; pectus; thorax (the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates)

side (either the left or right half of a body)

serratus; serratus muscles (any of several muscles of the trunk)

articulatio humeri; shoulder; shoulder joint (a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula)

shoulder (the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm)

diaphragm; midriff ((anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration)

Holonyms ("torso" is a part of...):

body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))

 Context examples 

A rare, inherited disorder marked by tumors of the gastrointestinal tract and tumors that form in embryonic nervous tissue in the head, neck, and torso.

(Carney dyad, NCI Dictionary)

A non-hereditary form of ichthyosis characterized by plate-like scales on the legs, arms and occasionally the torso.

(Ichthyosis Acquisita, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the bifurcation of the common iliac artery in the lower torso.

(External Iliac Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel that arises from the external iliac artery to supply the muscles and skin of the lower torso with oxygenated blood.

(Deep Circumflex Iliac Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The group of muscles in the torso that are closest to the spine and furthest from the skin such as the psoas muscle and the quadratus lumborum.

(Deep Abdominal Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

Brain activity was recorded with EEG (electroencephalography) electrodes placed on the scalp, while movement sensors on the infants' torsos provided a linked record of when they were hiccupping.

(Baby Hiccups Key to Brain Development, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

At last we exposed that monstrous torso (fifty-four inches, by the tailor's tape).

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A vein in the lower torso accompanying the external iliac artery that connects the femoral vein with the common iliac vein.

(External Iliac Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by an initial large round spot on the chest, abdomen, or back, often referred to as a herald patch, that is usually followed within a week by a distinctive pattern of similar but smaller papules on the torso, arms, and legs.

(Pityriasis Rosea, NCI Thesaurus)

A very rare disorder marked by tumors of the gastrointestinal tract (usually the stomach), tumors that form in embryonic nervous tissue in the head, neck, and torso, and tumors that form in cartilage in the lungs.

(Carney triad, NCI Dictionary)