torso

The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.

upper body

barley-sugar column

abdomen

spiral column

From Italian torso, from Late Latin tursus, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “Bacchic staff”). Doublet of thyrse and thyrsus.

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