abdomen

American  

[ab-duh-muhn, ab-doh-] / ˈæb də mən, æbˈdoʊ- /

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.

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abdomen British  

/ æbˈdɒmɪnəl, æbˈdəʊ-, ˈæbdəmən /

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

3. (in arthropods) the posterior part of the body behind the thorax, consisting of up to ten similar segments

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abdomen Scientific  

/ ăb′də-mən /

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.

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abdomen Cultural  

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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Other Word Forms

• abdominal adjective
• abdominally adverb
• postabdomen noun

Etymology

Origin of abdomen

1535–45; (< Middle French ) < Latin abdōmen belly

Example Sentences

Nearly half of the caesaereans - when the baby is delivered by surgeons cutting into the mother's abdomen and womb - were planned in advance.

From BBC

The baby had grown inside Lopez’s abdomen and pushed the large cyst forward.

From Los Angeles Times

Visceral fat refers to the fat stored deep in the abdomen around key internal organs.

From Science Daily

They identified whether the pain occurred in the head, face, neck/shoulder, back, stomach/abdomen, hip, knee or across the entire body.

From Science Daily

The team also looked at a body fat data set from 252 adults that included weight, abdomen size and other body measurements.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• belly
• gut
• midriff
• midsection
• tummy