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torsi

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tor⋅si

  [tawr-see]
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–noun
a pl. of torso.

tor⋅so

  [tawr-soh]
–noun, plural -sos, -si  [-see] .
1. the trunk of the human body.
2. a sculptured form representing the trunk of a nude female or male figure.
3. something mutilated or incomplete.
Origin:
1715–25; < It: stalk, trunk of statue < L thyrsus < Gk thýrsos wand, stem
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tor·si   (tôr'sē)   
n.  A plural of torso.
tor·so   (tôr'sō)   
n.   pl. tor·sos or tor·si (-sē)

  1. The human body excluding the head and limbs; trunk.

  2. A statue of the human body with the head and limbs omitted or removed.

  3. A truncated or unfinished thing.


[Italian, trunk of a statue, from Old Italian, stalk, stem, from Vulgar Latin *tursus, from Latin thyrsus, stalk; see thyrsus.]
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Word Origin & History

torso 
1797, from It. torso "trunk of a statue," originally "stalk, stump," from V.L. *tursus, from L. thyrsus "stalk, stem," from Gk. thyrsos (see thyrsus).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tor·so
Pronunciation: 'tor-(")sO
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural torsos or tor·si /'tor-"sE/
: the human trunk
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

torsi tor·si (tôr'sē)
n.
A plural of torso.

torso tor·so (tôr'sō)
n. pl. tor·sos or tor·si (-sē)
The human body excluding the head and limbs; trunk.

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