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abdomen

[ ab-duh-muhn, ab-doh- ]

noun

  1. Anatomy, Zoology.
    1. the part of the body of a mammal between the thorax and the pelvis; belly.
    2. the cavity of this part of the body containing the stomach, intestines, etc.
    3. (in nonmammalian vertebrates) a region of the body corresponding to, but not coincident with, this part or cavity.
  2. Entomology. the posterior section of the body of an arthropod, behind the thorax or the cephalothorax.


abdomen

/ 忙b藞d蓲m瑟n蓹l; 忙b藞d蓹蕣-; 藞忙bd蓹m蓹n /

noun

  1. the region of the body of a vertebrate that contains the viscera other than the heart and lungs. In mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm
  2. the front or surface of this region; belly coeliac
  3. (in arthropods) the posterior part of the body behind the thorax, consisting of up to ten similar segments
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

abdomen

  1. In vertebrates, the portion of the body between the thorax and pelvis, containing the stomach, intestines, liver, and other organs. In mammals, the abdomen is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm.
  2. In arthropods, the last, most posterior segment of the body.

abdomen

  1. The part of the body between the thorax (chest) and pelvis that encloses the organs of the abdominal cavity ; the belly.
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Derived Forms

  • 补产藞诲辞尘颈苍补濒濒测, adverb
  • abdominal, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫辞蝉迟路补产顎僤辞路尘别苍 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of abdomen1

1535鈥45; (< Middle French ) < Latin 补产诲艒尘别苍 belly
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of abdomen1

C16: from Latin; origin obscure
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A baby boy has been "born twice" after surgeons lifted his mother's womb out of her abdomen during a life-saving operation.

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About 70% of the body water that gets frozen in the wood frogs is frozen outside their cells, in those "safe" extracellular spaces: inside the abdomen and in sheets between their skin and muscles.

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Last week, the former 鈥淏everly Hills, 90210鈥 star found himself experiencing pain in his abdomen 鈥 pain bad enough that he headed out looking for medical help.

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In South Asians, fat tends to collect around the trunk and under the skin, but not always deep in the abdomen as visceral fat.

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He might鈥檝e gotten away with it if not for the meddling recording hardware built into her abdomen.

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