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1. (n.) abdomen
(in mammals)
2. abdomen
the part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis; belly.
3. abdomen
the cavity of this part of the body containing the stomach, intestines, etc.
4. abdomen
(in nonmammalian vertebrates) a region of the body corresponding to, but not coincident with, this part or cavity.
5. abdomen
(in arthropods) the posterior segment of the body, behind the thorax or cephalothorax.
Etymology: (1535–45; (< MF) < L: belly)
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| Definition of 'abdomen' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) abdomen, venter, stomach, belly
the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
2. (noun) abdominal cavity, abdomen
the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm
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| Definition of 'abdomen' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) abdomen
the belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity
2. (noun) abdomen
the posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda
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| Definition of 'abdomen' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. abdomen
That portion of the body that lies between the THORAX and the PELVIS.
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Sense: the part of the body between the hips and the lower ribs.
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 Afrikaans: abdomen |
 Arabic: بَطْن |
 Bulgarian: корем |
 Brazilian: abdômen |
 Czech: břicho |
 German: der Unterleib |
 Danish: mave; underliv; bughule |
 Greek: κοιλιά |
 Spanish: abdomen |
 Estonian: kõht |
 Farsi: شکم |
 Finnish: vatsa |
 French: abdomen |
 Hebrew: בֶּטֶן |
 Hindi: पेट |
 Croatian: trbuh |
 Hungarian: has |
 Indonesian: perut |
 Icelandic: kviður, kviðarhol |
 Italian: addome |
 Japanese: 腹部 |
 Korean: 배, 복부 |
 Lithuanian: pilvas |
 Latvian: vēders |
 Malay: abdomen |
 Dutch: buik |
 Norwegian: mage, bukhule, mageregion |
 Polish: brzuch |
 Persian: شکم |
 Pashto: نس |
 Portuguese: abdómen |
 Romanian: abdomen |
 Russian: брюшная полость |
 Slovak: brucho |
 Slovenian: trebuh |
 Serbian: trbuh |
 Swedish: abdomen, buk |
 Thai: ท้อง |
 Turkish: karın |
 Taiwanese: 腹部 |
 Ukrainian: черево, живіт |
 Urdu: بطن، پیٹ |
 Vietnamese: bụng |
 Chinese: 腹部 |
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