hemithorax

English

From hemi- +‎ thorax.

hemithorax (plural hemithoraxes or hemithoraces)

One half of the thorax or chest
- 2015 June 4, Stamatis Katsenos et al., “Primary Bronchopulmonary Actinomycosis Masquerading as Lung Cancer: Apropos of Two Cases and Literature Review”, in Case Reports in Infectious Diseases‎^[1], volume 2015, →DOI:
  His medical history included a controllable arterial hypertension and a localized pleural thickening at the right hemithorax as an inactive residuum resulting from a lower respiratory tract infection that occurred 7 years ago.