Midchest

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The middle of the chest. no-plural

    "Today, Mrs. Khan shares a room in a dreary nursing home on the fringes of Houston, paralyzed from midchest down and tormented by a fateful choice to try to remake her life."

Example

More examples

"Today, Mrs. Khan shares a room in a dreary nursing home on the fringes of Houston, paralyzed from midchest down and tormented by a fateful choice to try to remake her life."

Etymology

From mid- + chest.

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