Definition of Abdomin
Ab*do"men (&?;), n. [L. abdomen (a
word of uncertain etymol.): cf. F. abdomen.] 1.
(Anat.) 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. (Zoöl.) The posterior section of the
body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other
Arthropoda.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
ABDOMEN, n. The temple of the god Stomach, in whose worship, with
sacrificial rights, all true men engage. From women this ancient
faith commands but a stammering assent. They sometimes minister at
the altar in a half-hearted and ineffective way, but true reverence
for the one deity that men really adore they know not. If woman had a
free hand in the world's marketing the race would become
graminivorous.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- (anatomy) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis.
- 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.
He was all bent over complaining of pains in the abdomen.
- (zoology) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.
Latin
- belly, abdomen
- (by extension of meaning) gluttony
abdomen - The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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