= the part of the body connecting the head to the rest of the body and containing the passageways for blood, air, and food; ≈ associated with breathing, appetite, and life and often used metonymically to refer to the entire body and the personality inhabiting it
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literally: throat, but with focus on the air flowing through it; hence: = process by which air flows in and out of the body, which shows that a person or animal is alive
Sense 3: life, life principle, soul, self, greed, craving
literally: throat, as the part of the body that contains the passageways for blood, air, and food; hence: = the life principle that animates both humans and animals, turns them into breathing living beings, and functions as the center of their personality, mind, physical and non-physical desires, courage, emotions, and affections; it is believed to reside in the blood
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