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abdomen

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

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noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

the part of the body of a mammal between the thorax and the pelvis; belly.

the cavity of this part of the body containing the stomach, intestines, etc.

(in nonmammalian vertebrates) a region of the body corresponding to, but not coincident with, this part or cavity.

Entomology. the posterior section of the body of an arthropod, behind the thorax or the cephalothorax.

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

Related forms

post·ab·do·men, noun

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Almost everyone experiences pain in the abdomen at one time or another.

My abdomen was gigantic and no waistbanded clothes fit.

But when it arrives in a gammarid, it takes up residence in the animal's abdomen.

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Almost everyone experiences pain in the abdomen at one time or another.

My abdomen was gigantic and no waistbanded clothes fit.

But when it arrives in a gammarid, it takes up residence in the animal's abdomen.

As the mosquito feeds, our own body heat triggers the botfly eggs glued to her abdomen to hatch.

Using forceps to hold this female black widow spider in place, a scientist prepares to clip the abdomen off using microscissors.

The portrait was pixelated, but the beetle's speckled black-and-white abdomen and its telltale antennas were unmistakable.

Spiders weave their webs from proteins secreted from silk glands in their abdomen.

Abdominal exploration is surgery to examine the contents of the abdomen.

The alarm had been triggered by its electrical impulses, emanating from under the skin of her abdomen.

There are three main parts of a mantid's body: the head, the thorax, and the abdomen.

Focus your attention on your breath, feeling it in detail-in the nasal cavity, the chest and the abdomen.

With a second forceps, he pinched the end of its abdomen.

They're thin enough to be inserted through tiny slits in the skin of the abdomen.

Surgery that opens the abdomen is called a laparotomy.

It was used to stab the enemy at close range, usually under the arm and then by a rip across the abdomen.

The actual job of breathing is done mainly by the diaphragm, the sheet of muscles between the chest and abdomen.

Unlike the white kind, which rings the abdomen and pockets the hips, brown adipose releases energy and promotes calorie burning.

Part of his abdomen became the lower part of his face.

Normally, the abdomen contains only a small amount of fluid.

It has no need to open up your chest or abdomen to let in big human hands.

When not in use, the corkscrew-shaped penis retracts into the duck's abdomen.

Then, in seconds, it lowered its abdomen to the countertop surface.

Chris had several holes in his abdomen and burns and shrapnel wounds all over his face and neck.

His abdomen was flat, with good muscle tone and without pain or any palpable abnormalities.

It's such a delectable reminder that as you eat it, that is exactly how your abdomen will look as a result.

Grasping the bee in its beak, the bird bashes the insect's head on one side of the branch, then rubs its abdomen on the other.

But by lying down, a pregnant woman is putting the weight of her belly on blood vessels in the abdomen.

The doctor may be unable to hear any bowel sounds when listening to the abdomen.

In other words, you can kill someone who's punching a pregnant woman in the abdomen.

In both tribes a man who kills an enemy is decorated with special scars dug into the flesh of his shoulder or abdomen.

Doc tried a different anti-depressent that caused burning pain in the abdomen and a fainting episode.

She had pain in her abdomen on the right and a headache that got worse with every movement.

These included a beautiful halictid or sweat bee with a bright orange abdomen.

They have a carapace that covers an unsegmented thorax and abdomen.

Abdominal ultrasound is a scanning technique used to image the interior of the abdomen.

Depending on the species, they are on the insects' abdomen or thorax.

As the swelling in the appendix increases, the pain tends to move into your right lower abdomen.

Las hormigas almacenan ese jugo azucarado en su abdomen.

Laparoscopy describes a group of operations performed with the aid of a camera placed in the abdomen or pelvis.

The main symptom is pain in the upper right side or upper middle of the abdomen.

While in the womb, the developing baby's abdomen swells with fluid.

Groin pain refers to discomfort in the area where the abdomen ends and the legs begin.

The doctor will do a physical examination and may find that your abdomen is tender when touched.

The health care provider will take your family history and listen to your heart, lungs, and abdomen with a stethoscope.

Signs of perirenal abscess include tenderness in the back or abdomen.

It is located immediately below the diaphragm and occupies the entire upper right quadrant of the abdomen.

The abdomen is filled with special solutions that help remove toxins.

It was a tearing, burning pain, always in the upper-left side of his abdomen.

Rarely, this kind of tumor occurs outside the adrenal gland, usually somewhere else in the abdomen.

I'd get this rumbling in my lower abdomen and a burst of pain.

Chest pain is discomfort or pain that you feel anywhere along the front of your body between your neck and upper abdomen.

CT scan of the upper abdomen showing multiple gallstones.

Death has occurred when the patient's chest or abdomen was punctured.

Open cholecystectomy requires a larger cut in the upper-right part of the abdomen.

Sometimes the surgeon will place a tube from your stomach through the abdomen wall to keep your stomach in place.

But her activity declined and the keepers noticed that the animal's chest, limbs and abdomen were swelling.

Doctors implanted the battery in his abdomen in a separate.

Walking away, it held the abdomen pressed against the surface all the while.

Ten days later, the police said he told them, he stabbed himself in the abdomen with a seven-inch fish-filleting knife.

The puncture wound in her abdomen has been operated on and fortunately no other damage to organs or intestines.

The two gunmen, one of whom was shot in the abdomen by the police, are under arrest.

The solutions remain in the abdomen for a time and then are drained out.

Nevi are commonly found on the upper or lower parts of the back or the abdomen.

Standard x-rays of the abdomen may detect calcified gallstones and gas.

He said doctors had controlled the bleeding but that the bullet wound in the abdomen had pierced the colon and liver.

The infection worked its way from the girl's abdomen to the brain.

The pancreas is an organ in the abdomen that makes several enzymes and hormones, including the hormone insulin.

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World English Dictionary

abdomen (ˈæbdəmən, æbˈdəʊ-)

—n
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; bellyRelated: coeliac
3.	(in arthropods) the posterior part of the body behind the thorax, consisting of up to ten similar segments

Related: coeliac

[C16: from Latin; origin obscure]

abdominal

—*adj*

ab'dominally

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

abdomen

1540s, "belly fat," from L. abdomen (gen. abdominis) "belly," originally "lower belly," perhaps from abdere "conceal," with a sense of "concealment of the viscera," or else "what is concealed" by proper dress. Purely anatomical sense is from 1610s. Biological sense of "posterior division of the bodies

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of arthropods" first recorded 1788.

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Medical Dictionary

abdomen ab·do·men (āb'də-mən, āb-dō'mən)
n.
The part of the body that lies between the chest and the pelvis and encloses the stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, and pancreas. Also called belly, venter.

ab·dom'i·nal (āb-dŏm'ə-nəl) adj.
ab·dom'i·nal·ly adv.

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Science Dictionary

abdomen

(āb'də-mən) Pronunciation Key

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.
In arthropods, the last, most posterior segment of the body.

abdominal adjective (āb-dŏm'ə-nəl)

American Heritage

Cultural Dictionary

abdomen [(ab-duh-muhn, ab-doh-muhn)]

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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